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Appointment of Chief Election Commissioner
December 20 , 2023
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- The Rajya Sabha passed the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill.
- The legislation will guide the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and the Election Commissioners (EC) in future.
- This legislation replaces the Election Commission (Conditions of Service of Election Commissioners and Transaction of Business) Act, 1991.
- The number of ECs will be determined periodically by the President.
- The appointment of the Commission will be made by the President based on the recommendations of the Selection Committee.
- The Committee consists of
- Prime Minister
- A cabinet minister, and
- The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha (or the leader of the single largest opposition party).
- Recently, SC (Anoop Baranwal case) ruled that the election commissioners shall be selected by a committee comprising the Prime Minister, the Leader of Opposition, and the Chief Justice, until the parliament frames a law prescribing the selection process.
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