25 Sep 2026
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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.
According to the Union's reply recorded by the Supreme Court, the selection committee (Prime Minister, Home Minister, Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha) and the search committee (Minister of State for Law, Home Secretary, DoPT Secretary) were constituted on 1 February 2024. A selection meeting called for 7 February to fill one vacancy was postponed.
Section 6 says the search committee is headed by 'the Minister of Law and Justice'; the Union's reply calls its chair the 'Minister of State, Law and Justice'. The order does not name the minister; IE (14 March 2024) reports that Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal briefed the selection committee on the shortlist.