Election commissioners appointment process 2025 UPSC
Why in News? For the first time, the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) will move beyond the traditional seniority-based approach. The Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023 has introduced new mechanisms to widen the scope of selection. Background in which the New Law to Appoint CEC and ECs Introduced: Article 324 of the Indian Constitution specifies that while the CEC and ECs will be appointed by the President, this is subject to Parliamentary law (if such law exists). While this provision places an expectation on Parliament to draft a relevant law, it has not done so up (until now). In the absence of such a law, the President has been making appointments as per the recommendations of the Prime Minister. In 2023, the Constitution Bench of the SC (in the Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India case) decided to change the process ...
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