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The Supreme Court today said Election Commissioners will be appointed by a panel including the Prime Minister, the Leader of Opposition and the Chief Justice of India, in a landmark verdict aimed at \u201cmaintaining the purity of elections\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Chief Election Commissioners and two election commissioners, who oversee elections across the country, will be appointed by the President on the advice of the three-member committee, the Supreme Court said in a unanimous verdict.<\/p>\n
\u201cElections should undoubtedly be fair and the buck stops with the Election Commission of India to ensure its purity is maintained,\u201d said a five-judge Constitution bench.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn democracy, the purity of elections must be maintained or else it would lead to disastrous consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Election Commission must be appointed like the CBI chief, said the judges.<\/p>\n
Currently, the President appoints the chief election commissioner and two commissioners for a tenure of six years each, and they are usually former bureaucrats on the recommendation of the Prime Minister\u200b.<\/p>\n
Petitions had sought a collegium-like system for the appointment of election commissioners to ensure fair elections in the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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