25 Sep 2026
Neta·Resume
Rahul Gandhi dissented: Asked that the decision wait for the Supreme Court hearing two days later, objected to the Chief Justice's removal from the panel in a dissent note, and did not take part in further proceedings. He published the note the next day.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury dissented: Recorded dissent on procedure: 212 names sent the night before and a six-name shortlist eight to ten minutes before the meeting. He said he had nothing against the two appointees. source ↗ response ↗
Education: B.Tech Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur; Business Finance, ICFAI; Environmental Economics, HIID, Harvard University - per ECI profile
The source lists these without dates. They appear in the source's order.
The President appointed EC Gyanesh Kumar as the 26th CEC and Haryana Chief Secretary Vivek Joshi as Election Commissioner on the recommendation of the Modi-Shah-Gandhi committee; the Law Ministry notification came late on 17 Feb 2025. Both took charge on 19 Feb 2025. Kumar is the first CEC chosen under the 2023 Act.
The Gazette notification was not opened; the date of notification is from The Tribune. Assumption-of-charge dates are from ECI's own profiles.