CEC row Updates: SC defers hearing on pleas against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, decisions during SIR
The Supreme Court deferred hearings on petitions against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision decisions. The bench granted petitioners, including Rahul Gandhi, ten days to respond to a 250-page affidavit filed by the ECI. The affidavit argued that restraining the CEC's functioning is illegal and that removal requires grounds identical to those for a Supreme Court judge.
Source: CEC row Updates: SC defers hearing on pleas against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, decisions during SIR — The Hindu
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