SC wants EC Goel's appointment file
The Times of India Mumbai|November 24, 2022
‘If no hanky-panky, nothing to be afraid’
AmitAnand Choudhary
SC wants EC Goel's appointment file

New Delhi: Noting that Arun Goel was appointed election commissioner (EC) just days after a Constitution bench began hearing the case on a batch of pleas seeking a “fair and transparent” mechanism for appointment of the CEC and ECs, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to bring for its perusal the file pertaining to his appointment.

Brushing aside the Centre’s contention that there was no need for the court to examine an individual appointment and it should confine itself to the larger issue, the bench said the government should not be apprehensive if there was no “hanky-panky” in Goel’s appointment process.

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