Supreme Court judge questions safeguards in ECI appointments law
Justice Dipankar Datta said there was scope to doubt whether the 2023 law governing Election Commission appointments was free from government influence. He pointed to the selection committee’s composition: the Prime Minister, a minister nominated by him and the Leader of the Opposition.
Justice Dipankar Datta has questioned whether India’s 2023 law on appointments to the Election Commission is sufficiently free from government influence. The supplied material says the judge raised the issue while discussing the composition of the three-member selection committee. It includes the Prime Minister, a minister nominated by the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition.
Justice Datta said that this structure left scope for doubt over the law’s independence from the government. His comparison, reported in the source headline, likened the arrangement to a batting team choosing the umpire. The material does not state the broader context of the hearing, the case before the court or whether the judge’s comments formed part of a final ruling.
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