Short stints for CECS disturbing trend: Bench

Highlighting that chief election commissioners are not given long tenures in the post-Seshan era, the Supreme Court said Tuesday that it is a very “disturbing trend” since it destroys the independence of the poll panel with its head “unable to do what he wants to do”

- Amit Anand Choudhary

Justice KM Joseph, who is heading the Constitution bench, pointed out that while there were only 10 CECs appointed between 1950 and 1996, in the past 26 years post-Seshan, there have been 15 CECs. “The situation is the same whether it is a UPA or NDA government,” the bench said. 

CEC short tenure disturbing, destroys independence: SC

‘Handicaps Poll Panel Chiefs From Implementing Vision, Reforms’

New Delhi: Highlighting that chief election commissioners have not been given long tenures in the post-Seshan era, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it was a very disturbing trend since it destroyed the independence of the poll panel with its head unable to implement his vision and bring electoral reforms.