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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Rahul Gandhi posted his dissent note, which said an independent Commission depends on how commissioners are chosen, that dropping the CJI violated the Supreme Court's order, and that the process should be deferred until the court ruled. He called a midnight decision while the case was pending disrespectful and discourteous.
The note cites Ambedkar's June 1949 Constituent Assembly speech and surveys of declining voter trust (TOI). The X post itself was not opened. See selection-law-bjp-on-rahul-dissent.
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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