Appointment of Election Commissioners | UPSC | Indepth | Drishti IAS

This is the first time a consultative process to appoint an Election Commissioner is being used. It was put in place after a Supreme Court verdict and a new law. Here is what the change is, and what prompted it.Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey is set to retire on February 14, and his successor will be picked through a consultative process being adopted for the first time. Four petitions were filed before the apex court in 2015, 2017, 2021, and 2022, which broadly called for a fair and transparent system to choose Election Commissioners. On October 23, 2018, while considering the 2015 petition, a two-judge bench felt that the matter required interpretation of Article 324 of the Constitution, which deals with the role of the Election Commission of India. This issue hadn’t been discussed before in the Supreme Court, and so it was referred to a constitution bench. In September 2022, a five-judge Constitution bench led by Justice KM Joseph started hearing the petitions. The petitioners pointed out that Article 324(2) specifies the President’s role in appointing Election Commissioners, with the caveat that this appointment is subject to any law passed by Parliament. However, successive governments had not shown any inclination to enact such a law. They criticized the current appointment system for being opaque and said it raises doubts about the institution’s independence. They called for a consultative process in which a collegium or a body of persons is tasked with the responsibility to select the Election Commissioners. The power to make appointments rested exclusively with the Executive (read: the Union government). The government maintained a database of serving and retired officers, primarily Secretaries to the Government of India and Chief Secretaries, from which the Law Ministry would create a shortlist. The Prime Minister held the power to decide the appointment, with the President formally appointing the chosen candidate. Notably, past Election Commissioners were predominantly retired officers of the Indian Administrative Services (IAS), with very few exceptions The Centre introduced a Bill in Parliament in August last year, outlining a procedure for appointing Election Commissioners. Since the Court had specified that its appointment norms are “subject to any law to be made by Parliament,” the government was well within its right to bring a Bill. However, the appointment process proposed in the Bill raised concerns regarding its potential to undermine the reforms sought by the Court. The Bill, passed by Parliament in December 2023, establishes a committee comprising the Prime Minister, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and a Cabinet Minister nominated by the PM. The selection will be made from five names shortlisted by a screening panel headed by the Law Minister and comprising two Union secretaries. The composition of the committee was criticized by the Opposition. This is because, as per the intent of the Constitution’s framers, the Election Commission should be an independent body. The proposed committee’s composition effectively sidelines the Leader of Opposition, who could be consistently outvoted by the Prime Minister and the union minister. This Bill was passed by Parliament in December 2023 and the President gave her assent within a week..
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Phle to puri tarah se satta paksh ke hatho me thi election commissioner select Krna....pura video ache se sun to liya karo....thoda study v Kiya karo......yaha neta giri mt karo

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But isme supreme court ke judge ko samil krna Sahi rahega.....is se hamare democratic bacha rahega
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Mtlb video dekh kuch smjh nhi aaya aapko ......phle puri tarah se satta ke log hi select krte the election commissioner.....kya tb sarkar control nhi krta tha .....ab to usme opposition ka ek member v hai...........ha pr ye acha hoga ki Esme CJI v samil ho

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D

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