Rajya Sabha: Rajya Sabha passes Election Commissioners’ Invoice; opposition phases walkout | India Information
NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday enacted a invoice to control the appointment and repair phrases of the Chief Election Commissioner and election commissioners with the opposition strongly protesting towards it and staging a walkout.
The invoice addresses the Chief Election Commissioner’s appointment, {qualifications}, search committee, choice committee, time period of service, compensation, resignation and elimination, depart, and pension.
The invoice was enacted following a response from Union legislation minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, who said that the Election Fee will proceed to “work independently”. He additional mentioned that the invoice was tabled in response to a supreme court docket determination.
In a writ petition, the Supreme Court docket had declared that the appointment of CECs and ECs shall be made by the President primarily based on recommendation from a committee comprised of the prime minister, the chief of the opposition within the Lok Sabha or the chief of the most important opposition social gathering within the Home, and the Chief Justice of India.
Meghwal said that the Supreme Court docket’s ruling said that the rule will stay in impact till Parliament passes laws.
“We’re brining the legislation for this objective,” he added.
Opposing the invoice, Congress chief Randeep Singh Surjewala mentioned the invoice doesn’t move “constitutional muster”. “It’s manifestly arbitrary; its intent is disastrous and the result’s disastrous,” he mentioned.
Disapproving of the invoice, AAP MP Raghav Chadha mentioned that by this invoice, the federal government is making an attempt to attain the other of the SC’s March 2 judgement. He additional expressed that the federal government is making an attempt to take management of the EC ‘fully’.
“This invoice goes to destroy one of many few remaining unbiased establishments in India. i.e., Election Fee and thereby dislodge free and honest elections in India,” he mentioned.
The amendments really useful by the opposition events’ to the Chief Election Commissioner and different Election Commissioners (Appointment, Situations of Service, and Time period of Workplace) Invoice, 2023, have been rejected.
The Invoice will exchange the Election Fee (Situations of Service of Election Commissioners and Transaction of Enterprise) Act, 1991.
Moreover, the wage and job circumstances of the CEC and ECs would be the similar as these of the Cupboard Secretary, in response to the invoice. It was equal to a Supreme Court docket decide’s remuneration below the 1991 Act.
The invoice addresses the Chief Election Commissioner’s appointment, {qualifications}, search committee, choice committee, time period of service, compensation, resignation and elimination, depart, and pension.
The invoice was enacted following a response from Union legislation minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, who said that the Election Fee will proceed to “work independently”. He additional mentioned that the invoice was tabled in response to a supreme court docket determination.
In a writ petition, the Supreme Court docket had declared that the appointment of CECs and ECs shall be made by the President primarily based on recommendation from a committee comprised of the prime minister, the chief of the opposition within the Lok Sabha or the chief of the most important opposition social gathering within the Home, and the Chief Justice of India.
Meghwal said that the Supreme Court docket’s ruling said that the rule will stay in impact till Parliament passes laws.
“We’re brining the legislation for this objective,” he added.
Opposing the invoice, Congress chief Randeep Singh Surjewala mentioned the invoice doesn’t move “constitutional muster”. “It’s manifestly arbitrary; its intent is disastrous and the result’s disastrous,” he mentioned.
Disapproving of the invoice, AAP MP Raghav Chadha mentioned that by this invoice, the federal government is making an attempt to attain the other of the SC’s March 2 judgement. He additional expressed that the federal government is making an attempt to take management of the EC ‘fully’.
“This invoice goes to destroy one of many few remaining unbiased establishments in India. i.e., Election Fee and thereby dislodge free and honest elections in India,” he mentioned.
The amendments really useful by the opposition events’ to the Chief Election Commissioner and different Election Commissioners (Appointment, Situations of Service, and Time period of Workplace) Invoice, 2023, have been rejected.
The Invoice will exchange the Election Fee (Situations of Service of Election Commissioners and Transaction of Enterprise) Act, 1991.
Moreover, the wage and job circumstances of the CEC and ECs would be the similar as these of the Cupboard Secretary, in response to the invoice. It was equal to a Supreme Court docket decide’s remuneration below the 1991 Act.
