A three-member committee will work for the selection of the Chief Election Commissioner. A three-member committee will recommend the President to appoint someone as Chief Election Commissioner. The President gives his approval and then the commissioner will be appointed.
At present there is no leader of the opposition party in the Lok Sabha, but what?
The Supreme Court appointed a three-member committee for the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner. The Supreme Court will have a committee consisting of the Chief Justice, the Prime Minister and the opposition leader in the Lok Sabha. But, at present there is no opposition leader in the Lok Sabha. Therefore, it is not recommended to include the leader of the largest opposition party in the Lok Sabha.
For the appointment of commissioners in the Election Commission, there should be a collegium-like mechanism or petitions were filed in the Supreme Court for the demand. Or it would have been better to keep the decision on 24 November on the petition. The hearing of the case took place before the bench of Justice KM Joseph, Justice Ajay Rastogi, Justice Aniruddha Bose, Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice CT Ravikumar.
Controversy over the election of Arun Goyal
Central government on 19th November 2022 appointed Arun Goyal, an IAS officer of Punjab, as Election Commissioner. Arun Goyal would have retired on 31st December 2022. He would have taken voluntary retirement on 18th November. He would have been made the Election Commissioner on the second day. Prashant Bhushan would have run against it in the Supreme Court.
Uddhav Thackeray welcomes Supreme Court’s decision
Uddhav Thackeray also raised various questions regarding the selection of commissioners in the Central Election Commission. Earlier, the Central Election Commission used to recommend only the Prime Minister for the selection of commissioners. Commissioner Election Uddhav Thackeray means or process would have been objectionable. Uddhav Thackeray has welcomed the decision given by the Supreme Court.