The Supreme Court on Wednesday a🦩greed to hear on March 15 a plea of an NGO challenging the exclusion of the Chief Justice of India from a panel meant for selecting the CEC and the election c♚ommissioners.
A bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna took note of the submissions of lawyer P🎶rashant Bhushan, appearing for the NGO, Association for Democratic Reforms, seeking urgent listing of the plea and said it will be listed on Friday.
“I just got the message from ♒the CJI that it will be listed on Friday,” Justice Khanna said.
The NGO challenge🍌s the vali⭕dity of a provision of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023.
Under the new 🔴law, the selection panel includes the prime minister as the chairperson and the leader of opposition and a union minister nominated by the PM a🌺re the two members of it.
The NGO has moved the top cour꧙t after Election Commissioner Arun Goel put in his pap🌺ers recently.
