Where is Separation of Powers?🛑
“If a traffic constable stops doing his job tomorrow, will you send a Sessions Judge to manage the traffic?”
— Former CEC Dr. S.Y. Quraishi delivers a scorching reality check on the Supreme Court deploying 700 judges to verify voter rolls in Bengal and Bihar instead of holding the executives of ECI accountable.
How Mr Gyanesh Kumar Was Appointed The Chief Election Commissioner?
“He was not even found fit for the Additional Secretary panel. Later he was also found unfit for the Secretary panel.”
In a wide-ranging interview with me for the London Vārta podcast, former Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi turns his attention to the man currently under fire from the opposition in India: Gyanesh Kumar, the serving CEC.
So how did he get the job? Mr Quraishi does not mince his words.
He says: “What is known about this gentleman is that he was very close to Amit Shah. Extremely close—he worked under him in the Home Ministry. He was one of the architects of the removal of Article 370 in Kashmir… Besides that, when the Ram Mandir Trust was being formed, he was the one who set it up.”
“According to reports, he was not even found fit for the Additional Secretary panel. Later he was also found unfit for the Secretary panel. But because he had worked so closely with Amit Shah… pressure was applied… and he was made Secretary in the Ministry of Cooperation, of which Amit Shah was the minister.”
On the formal selection process itself: “In 2023, the selection of the Chief Election Commissioner had to be made… under the new Act the government called three people to consider the names. One was Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He nominated Amit Shah—the person closest to him, his companion—and the Leader of the Opposition. And Gyanesh Kumar was selected.”
The full conversation, covering the Election Commission, the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, and much more, is on the London Vārta podcast.
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THE CONSTITUTION PROTECTS PROTEST — NOT A PRIVILEGE TO DISOBEY THE LAW.
JANTAR MANTAR, THE COCKROACH JANTA PARTY AND THE LIMITS OF CONSTITUTIONAL DISSENT
The Delhi High Court's questions to CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka go to the heart of constitutional democracy.
If you have executed a peace bond, what legal justification permits you to disregard its conditions?
If Parliament has provided a statutory appellate remedy under Section 414 BNSS for specified security and surety orders, why bypass that remedy without establishing exceptional grounds?
And if the Government has designated alternative protest sites, why insist upon entering a restricted location rather than pursuing lawful remedies?
THE RIGHT TO PROTEST IS NOT THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHICH LAWS ONE WILL OBEY.
But the Constitution places an equally serious duty upon the State.
A PEACE BOND CANNOT BECOME A BOND OF POLITICAL SILENCE.
No administration may use preventive powers to punish citizens merely for expressing dissent. Every restriction must satisfy the law; every detention must withstand judicial scrutiny.
THE CONSTITUTION RECOGNISES NEITHER AN UNACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT NOR AN UNACCOUNTABLE PROTESTER.
Political passion cannot replace legal discipline. State authority cannot replace constitutional restraint.
THE RULE OF LAW IS NOT A WEAPON TO BE USED AGAINST ONE SIDE. IT IS THE STANDARD BY WHICH BOTH SIDES MUST BE JUDGED.
— NK Goswami
Advocate, Supreme Court of India
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The judge who said this is the same judge who gave bail to BJP leader Kuldeep Sengar in Unnao Rape Case
That’s all you need to know about the state of judiciary in India today.
@RShivshankar Age 27 isn’t GenZ??? WTF 😳 I bet this HC judge is a classical example of foolishness, hypocrisy, biased and incompetence. What a STUPID JUDGE🤦🏻♂️🤣🤣 #ProtestNews#CJP
@barandbench 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Can’t stop laughing with this stupid comments. Just a biased and incompetent judge. C’mon, For him age 27 isn’t GenZ. I bet he doesn’t even know what GenZ classified as. STUPIDITY AT ITS PEAK.
@LiveLawIndia Age 27 isn’t GenZ??? WTF 😳 I bet this HC judge is a classical example of foolishness, hypocrisy and incompetence. 🤦🏻♂️🤣🤣 #ProtestNews#CJP