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
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The Commission may regulate its procedure and allocate business among the CEC and ECs only by unanimous decision. All other business is to be transacted unanimously as far as possible, and when members differ, the majority opinion decides. The CEC has no casting or overriding vote.
These are the provisions two ECs invoked in 2026 (see sir-rules-commission-approval-communications and officials-ecs-write-cabinet-secretary).
The Commission's reply says its decisions were unanimous. Section 18 of the 2023 Act sets when unanimity is required and when a majority decides.
See all charges and answers →Section 18 of the 2023 Act sets how the three members decide: allocation of work only by unanimous decision, other business unanimously as far as possible, otherwise by majority.
See all charges and answers →Section 18 of the 2023 Act: allocation of work only by unanimous decision; other business unanimously as far as possible, otherwise by majority.
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