New bill introduced for selection panel of Election Commission, know what will change from it

Bill Moved to Remove CJI from Panel to Select EC: The Modi Government has introduced the Chief Election Commissioner (ECI) and other Election Commissioner Bill in the Rajya Sabha. Controversy has also started regarding this bill. The opposition has objected to the three-member panel. According to this bill, now the Chief Election Commissioner and other commissioners will be appointed by a three-member committee headed by the Prime Minister. The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and a cabinet minister will also be members of this committee. CJI has not been included in the new bill.

The bill brought by the Center undermines the Supreme Court's decision, in which a constitutional bench had said that the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, and the Chief Justice of India (CJI) in the process of appointing Chief Election Commissioners (ECI) and Election Commissioners should be done on the advice of To put it plainly, there was talk of keeping the CJI in that panel.

But after the coming of this law, the CJI will be out of the panel. It was said in this decision that this system will remain in force until a law is made regarding this in the Parliament. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice K M Josef said this in a unanimous verdict.

According to the bill brought by the Centre, the appointment panel of ECI and Election Commissioners has been changed. A provision has been made to include a cabinet minister in place of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. This would give the government more control over the appointments of poll panel members. The bill comes months after the Supreme Court's ruling in March that there would be a three-member panel headed by the Prime Minister, comprising the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India.

In the recent past, there has been a situation of confrontation between the Central Government and the SC, whether it is not accepting the recommendations of the Collegium or the comments of Union Ministers, every time this dispute has come to the fore in public. Recently, by amending the bill, the Central Government overturned the order of the Supreme Court, in which the Delhi Government was given transfer-posting powers of Grade-A officers.