Supreme Court of India

Dr. Jaya Thakur & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr.

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Reported as [2024] 3 S.C.R. 881
Bench Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta JJ.
Decided 22 March 2024

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Issue for Consideration Matter pertains to applications for stay of selection and appointment of the Election Commissioners. Headnotes Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service, and Term of Office) Act, 2023 – s. 7(1) – Applications for stay of selection and appointment of the Election Commissioners in a writ petition challenging vires of s. 7(1) that substituted the Chief Justice of India with a Union Cabinet Minister nominated by the Prime Minister in the Selection Committee for the post of the Chief Election Commissioner and the ECs:

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