24 Sep 2026
Neta·Resume
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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Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta refused to stay the Act or the two appointments, saying a stay would cause 'chaos' with the Lok Sabha election fixed for 19 April to 1 June 2024. Reasons dated 22 March said the selection should have circulated full details to all members and that five candidates per vacancy prima facie meant ten for two posts. The court noted the petitioners did not question the appointees' merits.
Stay refused orally on 21 March; reasoned order dated 22 March 2024 (signed 23 March, 'only the date of the order is corrected'). A 15 March 2024 hearing before a three-judge bench (with A.G. Masih J) relisted the matter for 21 March (SCO).