Arun Goel Appointment as EC: Two judges of the Supreme Court have distanced themselves from the hearing on the petition challenging the appointment of Election Commissioner Arun Goel. A bench of Justice Joseph and Justice BV Nagaratna said, list the matter for hearing before another bench.

No assumption can be made after appointment to a constitutional post

Before recusing itself from the hearing, the apex court bench asked the Association for Democratic Reforms, an NGO challenging the appointment of Arun Goel as Election Commissioner, what rules were violated in this appointment Is. The bench said that after the appointment of a person to a constitutional post, it cannot be assumed that he will do wrong or arbitrarily or will say yes to yes.

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The bench said that the petition is based on the apex court’s March 2 judgment which had said that the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners are appointed by the President on the recommendation of a committee to maintain the purity of elections. and the committee will have the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India. In a lengthy judgement, a five-judge bench had said that if bureaucrat Goyal was not aware of the proposal to appoint him as the Election Commissioner, he would have done so last year 08 how to apply for voluntary retirement on november.

Arun Goyal’s appointment process was malicious and arbitrary: Prashant Bhushan

During the hearing, advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the NGO, submitted that the appointment process of Arun Goyal was mala fide and arbitrary and Four officers were selected from the pool of officers. According to Prashant Bhushan, 562 many of the officers were younger than Arun Goyal. He said that the selection process adopted by the government is under question.

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Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 3: 28 PM IST