{"id":7591,"date":"2023-12-21T09:59:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T09:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=7591"},"modified":"2023-12-21T09:59:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T09:59:54","slug":"parliament-passes-bill-on-appointment-of-cec-election-commissioners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/parliament-passes-bill-on-appointment-of-cec-election-commissioners\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament Passes Bill On Appointment Of CEC, Election Commissioners"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Delhi, Dec 21: The\u00a0<\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Election\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Commissioner<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(CEC)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>election\u00a0<\/span><\/span>commissioners’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terms\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>office\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regulated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>bill\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parliament\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>passed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thursday.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Arjun\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Meghwal,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Law,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>legislation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>brought\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>response\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Court<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>ruling.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>brief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>debate,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Lok\u00a0<\/span>Sabha\u00a0<\/span><\/span>passed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Election\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Commissioner\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Election\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Commissioners\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Appointment,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Conditions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Service\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Term\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Office)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bill,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Rajya\u00a0<\/span>Sabha\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>approved\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>last\u00a0<\/span>week.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>97\u00a0<\/span><\/span>members\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>major\u00a0<\/span><\/span>opposition\u00a0<\/span>political\u00a0<\/span>parties\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>suspended\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>remainder\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>winter\u00a0<\/span>session\u00a0<\/span><\/span>due\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“misconduct,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nevertheless\u00a0<\/span><\/span>participated\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bill\u00a0<\/span><\/span>debate.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Election\u00a0<\/span>Commissioner\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>election\u00a0<\/span><\/span>commissioners’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pension,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leave,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>resignation,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terms\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>office\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>all\u00a0<\/span><\/span>covered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bill,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>along\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>qualifications,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>search\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>selection\u00a0<\/span><\/span>committees,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pensions,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terms\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>office.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Meghwal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>no\u00a0<\/span><\/span>provisions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pertaining\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>qualifications,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>search\u00a0<\/span><\/span>committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assembling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>group\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>candidates\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>consideration,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recommendation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Selection\u00a0<\/span>Committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appointment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CEC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>election\u00a0<\/span><\/span>commissioners\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Election\u00a0<\/span>Commission\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Conditions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Service\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Election\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Commissioners\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Transaction\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Business)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Act,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1991.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>writ\u00a0<\/span>petition,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Court<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>President\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>appoint\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CECs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ECs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>based\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recommendations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>included\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Prime\u00a0<\/span>Minister,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Leader\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Opposition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Lok\u00a0<\/span>Sabha,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>leader\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>largest\u00a0<\/span>opposition\u00a0<\/span>party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>House.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Meghwal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ruling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>standard\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>remain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>applicable\u00a0<\/span><\/span>until\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Parliament\u00a0<\/span><\/span>passes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>new\u00a0<\/span>law.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declared,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>bringing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>law\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>this\u00a0<\/span><\/span>purpose.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>search\u00a0<\/span>committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>now\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>led\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Law\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rather\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Cabinet\u00a0<\/span>Secretary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>result\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>bill\u00a0<\/span><\/span>amendment.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bill,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>President\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>appoint\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CECs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ECs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>based\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Selection\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Committee’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recommendation.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Prime\u00a0<\/span>Minister,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Cabinet\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Minister,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Leader\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Opposition,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>head\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>biggest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>opposition\u00a0<\/span>party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Lok\u00a0<\/span>Sabha,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Selection\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Committee.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Election\u00a0<\/span>Commission\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Conditions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Service\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Election\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Commissioners\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Transaction\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Business)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Act,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1991\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>superseded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bill.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>provisions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bill\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>previously\u00a0<\/span><\/span>drawn\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>serious\u00a0<\/span>concern\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>opposition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>members,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>called\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>biggest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>blows\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>democracy”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Modi\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>last\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nine\u00a0<\/span>years.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Congress leader <\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“election\u00a0<\/span><\/span>credibility”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>once\u00a0<\/span>associated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>EC,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>now\u00a0<\/span>associated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“elections\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compromised.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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New Delhi, Dec 21: The\u00a0Chief\u00a0Election\u00a0Commissioner\u00a0(CEC)\u00a0and\u00a0election\u00a0commissioners’\u00a0terms\u00a0of\u00a0office\u00a0are\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0regulated\u00a0by\u00a0a\u00a0bill\u00a0that\u00a0Parliament\u00a0passed\u00a0on\u00a0Thursday.\u00a0Arjun\u00a0Meghwal,\u00a0the\u00a0Minister\u00a0of\u00a0Law,\u00a0stated\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0legislation\u00a0was\u00a0brought\u00a0about\u00a0in\u00a0response\u00a0to\u00a0a\u00a0Supreme\u00a0Court\u00a0ruling. Following\u00a0a\u00a0brief\u00a0debate,\u00a0the\u00a0Lok\u00a0Sabha\u00a0passed\u00a0the\u00a0Chief\u00a0Election\u00a0Commissioner\u00a0and\u00a0other\u00a0Election\u00a0Commissioners\u00a0(Appointment,\u00a0Conditions\u00a0of\u00a0Service\u00a0and\u00a0Term\u00a0of\u00a0Office)\u00a0Bill,\u00a02023. 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