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- The Supreme Court has questioned why Parliament excluded the Chief Justice of India from the selection committee that appoints the Chief Election Commissioner under the CEC Act 2023.
- A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma noted that the CJI is part of selection panels for top posts like CBI Director and Lokpal, and asked whether excluding the CJI from the committee for such an important constitutional post was justifiable.
- The court was hearing petitions challenging the 2023 law filed by Congress MP Jaya Thakur and NGOs Association for Democratic Reforms and Lok Prahari.
- The bench reserved its order on the government's request to refer the matter to a Constitution bench and deferred the hearing, and the issue matters because it concerns the independence of the body that conducts India's elections.
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- The bench's reserved order on the Centre's plea to refer the matter to a Constitution bench
- The next date of hearing of the petitions challenging the CEC Act 2023
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Named India · Chief Justice of India · Association for Democratic Reforms · Central Government of India · Chief Election Commissioner · Dipankar Datta · Jaya Thakur · Lok Prahari · Parliament of India · Satish Chandra Sharma · Supreme Court of India
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