24 Sep 2026
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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.
Education: MBBS (Government Medical College, Amritsar); Master's in History (Guru Nanak Dev University) - per ECI profile and The Tribune; The Tribune also reports a law degree
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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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