‘Any hanky panky?’: Supreme Court to Centre on Arun Goel’s appointment as Election Commissioner

Supreme Court questioning Centre over Election Commissioner Arun Goel’s appointment restores our faith in judiciary: NCP

Many questions arose as to why this important appointment was made in such a hurry, NCP national spokesperson Clyde Crasto said.

Supreme Court wants election commissioner Arun Goel’s appointment file

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.

Election Commission Shouldn't Be "Yes Man" Of Government: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that people manning the Election Commission of India should not be "yes man" of the government but "independent who can act independently" even if it comes to taking on the Prime Minister.

‘Any hanky panky?’: Supreme Court to Centre on Arun Goel’s appointment as EC

The Supreme Court bench said it wants to know whether there was any ‘hanky panky’ in Arun Goel's appointment

Was there any 'hanky panky': SC asks Centre to give file related to appointment of EC Arun Goel

The Supreme Court asked the Centre on Wednesday to produce before it the file related to the appointment of Election Commissioner Arun Goel, who was appointed on November 19. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice K M Joseph said it wants to know whether there was any "hanky panky" in Goel's appointment as election commissioner as he was only recently given

Independence of Election Commissioner paramount: Supreme Court to Centre

A five-judge bench led by Justice KM Joseph was hearing petitions seeking reforms in the system of appointing election commissioners.