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BCCI Calls Emergent Apex Council Meet To Appoint Former Chief Election Commissioner As Electoral Officer
The BCCI has called an emergent meeting of its Apex Council on Friday to appoint former chief election commissioner Achal Kumar Jyoti as the electoral officer to conduct the polls for the positions of secretary and treasurer.
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Chief Justice Opts Out Of Case Related To Poll Body Chief Appointment
Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna has recused himself from petitions against a law removing the holder of India's highest judicial post from a panel that appoints the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners.
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CBI Chief To Poll Body Head, Rahul Gandhi Now Has A Say In Key Appointments
As the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will participate in the appointment process for key officials such as the CBI director, the Chief Election Commissioners, National Human Rights Commission chairperson
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"Petitioner Trying To Create Row": Centre Defends Poll Commissioners' Appointment
The government has opposed any stay on the law to appoint election commissioners, arguing that any challenges to the legislation are politically motivated and "created only on basis of unsupported and pernicious statements".
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Supreme Court Refuses To Put On Hold Appointment Of Election Commissioners
The Supreme Court refused to put a hold on the appointment of two Election Commissioners - Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu - whose names were finalised yesterday. The court will hear the matter next week.
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Ex-Bureaucrats Gyanesh Kumar, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu Appointed Election Commissioners
Former IAS officers Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu were on Thursday appointed as election commissioners, ahead of the announcement of the Lok Sabha polls.
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5 Facts About Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Appointed As Election Commissioner
Former bureaucrat Sukhbir Singh Sandhu was on Thursday appointed as one of the new Election Commissioners, with the other being Gyanesh Kumar, by a panel chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
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Supreme Court To Hear Case Over Appointment Of Election Commissioners On Friday
The Supreme Court today agreed 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 election commissioners.
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Supreme Court To Hear Petition On Poll Officers' Appointments On Friday
The Supreme Court today accepted the request for an urgent hearing on a petition challenging the decision to exclude the Chief Justice of India from the panel that selects election commissioners.
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PM-Chaired Key Meet To Appoint 2 Election Commissioners On March 14
The prime minister-chaired high-powered committee on selecting election commissioners will now meet on March 14 to finalise the names of two new ECs, top sources said.
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Petition In Supreme Court To Restrain Centre From Appointing Poll Officers
The appointment of two Election Commissioners, expected later this week, faces a new challenge in the Supreme Court.
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PM Modi To Chair Key Meet To Appoint 2 Election Commissioners On March 15
The prime minister-chaired high-powered committee will meet on March 15 to finalise the names of new election commissioners, top sources said.
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Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Law To Appoint Election Commissioners
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused, for a second time, to ban a contentious new law on the appointment of election commissioners; the court has, though, added the petition to a list of pending cases and said these will be heard in April.
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Supreme Court Refuses To Stay New Law On Appointment Of Election Commissioners
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the new law that provides for appointment of the chief election commissioner and election commissioners by a panel excluding the Chief Justice of India.
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President Gives Assent To Bill For Appointment Of Top Poll Officials
President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to a bill that seeks to put in place a mechanism for the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, according to a government notification issued Friday.
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BCCI Calls Emergent Apex Council Meet To Appoint Former Chief Election Commissioner As Electoral Officer
The BCCI has called an emergent meeting of its Apex Council on Friday to appoint former chief election commissioner Achal Kumar Jyoti as the electoral officer to conduct the polls for the positions of secretary and treasurer.
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Chief Justice Opts Out Of Case Related To Poll Body Chief Appointment
Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna has recused himself from petitions against a law removing the holder of India's highest judicial post from a panel that appoints the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners.
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CBI Chief To Poll Body Head, Rahul Gandhi Now Has A Say In Key Appointments
As the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will participate in the appointment process for key officials such as the CBI director, the Chief Election Commissioners, National Human Rights Commission chairperson
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"Petitioner Trying To Create Row": Centre Defends Poll Commissioners' Appointment
The government has opposed any stay on the law to appoint election commissioners, arguing that any challenges to the legislation are politically motivated and "created only on basis of unsupported and pernicious statements".
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Supreme Court Refuses To Put On Hold Appointment Of Election Commissioners
The Supreme Court refused to put a hold on the appointment of two Election Commissioners - Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu - whose names were finalised yesterday. The court will hear the matter next week.
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Ex-Bureaucrats Gyanesh Kumar, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu Appointed Election Commissioners
Former IAS officers Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu were on Thursday appointed as election commissioners, ahead of the announcement of the Lok Sabha polls.
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5 Facts About Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Appointed As Election Commissioner
Former bureaucrat Sukhbir Singh Sandhu was on Thursday appointed as one of the new Election Commissioners, with the other being Gyanesh Kumar, by a panel chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
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Supreme Court To Hear Case Over Appointment Of Election Commissioners On Friday
The Supreme Court today agreed 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 election commissioners.
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Supreme Court To Hear Petition On Poll Officers' Appointments On Friday
The Supreme Court today accepted the request for an urgent hearing on a petition challenging the decision to exclude the Chief Justice of India from the panel that selects election commissioners.
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PM-Chaired Key Meet To Appoint 2 Election Commissioners On March 14
The prime minister-chaired high-powered committee on selecting election commissioners will now meet on March 14 to finalise the names of two new ECs, top sources said.
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Petition In Supreme Court To Restrain Centre From Appointing Poll Officers
The appointment of two Election Commissioners, expected later this week, faces a new challenge in the Supreme Court.
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PM Modi To Chair Key Meet To Appoint 2 Election Commissioners On March 15
The prime minister-chaired high-powered committee will meet on March 15 to finalise the names of new election commissioners, top sources said.
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Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Law To Appoint Election Commissioners
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused, for a second time, to ban a contentious new law on the appointment of election commissioners; the court has, though, added the petition to a list of pending cases and said these will be heard in April.
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Supreme Court Refuses To Stay New Law On Appointment Of Election Commissioners
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the new law that provides for appointment of the chief election commissioner and election commissioners by a panel excluding the Chief Justice of India.
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President Gives Assent To Bill For Appointment Of Top Poll Officials
President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to a bill that seeks to put in place a mechanism for the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, according to a government notification issued Friday.
