24 Sep 2026
Neta·ResumeRahul 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.
Education: PhD and Master's in International Economics, Graduate Institute, Geneva; Executive Master's in International Business, IIFT New Delhi; B.E. Mechanical, University of Roorkee (1987) - per ECI profile
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A unanimous five-judge bench held that, until Parliament makes a law under Article 324(2), the President shall appoint the CEC and ECs on the advice of a committee of the Prime Minister, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha (or leader of the largest opposition party) and the Chief Justice of India. Justice Rastogi's concurring opinion added that ECs should have the same removal protection as the CEC. The Court appealed to Parliament to give the Commission an independent secretariat funded from the Consolidated Fund.
Official PDF is linked by PRS at main.sci.gov.in (1458_2015_3_1501_42634_Judgement_02-Mar-2023.pdf); the text was read via Indian Kanoon. The judgment did not set aside Arun Goel's appointment.
The dissent turns on the change in the selection panel. The record documents the panel set by the Anoop Baranwal judgment until Parliament legislated (PM, Leader of Opposition, CJI) and the panel set by Section 7 of the 2023 Act (PM, Leader of Opposition, a Cabinet Minister nominated by the PM).
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