The recent judgement of the Supreme Court (SC) to appoint the members of the Election Commission of India (ECI) by a partisan cum judicial panel is lauded by many as historic and landmark. The judgement is certainly historic, it has filled the void for a law being in pending for a very long time, dating back to when the constitution[Read More…]

In an important judgment yesterday, a five-judge bench of supreme court of India unanimously ruled that the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) must be appointed by a selection committee consisting of Prime Minister, Chief justice of India and the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha. The court was hearing the matter under a Public Interest Litigation (PIL)[Read More…]

To Shri Rajiv Kumar Chief Election Commissioner Election Commission of India (ECI)   Shri A C Pandey Election Commissioner ECI   Shri Arun Goel Election Commissioner ECI   Dear S/Shri Rajiv Kumar/ Pandey/ Goel, I have addressed you a letter on 7-1-2022 (https://countercurrents.org/2023/01/use-of-remote-evms-for-migrants-eci-should-set-its-house-in-order/), in connection with the proposed introduction of remote EVMs for enfranchising migrant voters and, in that connection, I[Read More…]

 To Shri Ram Nath Kovind President of India Respected Rashtrapatiji, I refer to the reported meeting taken by an official of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on December 16, 2021 with the Election Commission of India (ECI), ostensibly to discuss certain matters relating to electoral reforms, already cleared by the Union Cabinet by then. For the executive, particularly the PMO, to[Read More…]