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.
On 16 April 2026 Election Commissioner Sukhbir Singh Sandhu told senior officers that many communications were going out in the Commission's name without its approval and that all must now have it, citing the 2023 Act; the same day he recorded that the IT division had built new modules without informing him. On 24 April Vivek Joshi issued a similar direction citing Article 324 and the Act.
Notes not public; The Indian Express says it has seen them.