The Chief Justice of India shall not be part of the Committee to select the Chief Election Commissioner/Election Commissioners. The third member should be jointly chosen by the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition, and in case they fail to arrive at a consensus, the Vice-President shall be the third member.
The Chief Justice of India should never be part of the committee selecting the Election Commissioner. That would be in conflict with the concept of separation of powers between the executive and the judiciary. The demand to include the Chief Justice in the appointment committee is an absurd proposition.It is equally absurd for the committee […]
Why do judges fear cameras? Why do they have something to hide?
We are told that Justice S.C. Sharma, while hearing the matter concerning the daughter of the Election Commissioner, switched off the camera and the audio.This may come as a matter of great disbelief to the common man, but I can speak from my own experience regarding the current Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant. […]