Parliament's prerogative: Supreme Court on plea against exclusion of CJI from Election Commissioner appointment
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday commenced hearing the petitions challenging the law excluding the Chief Justice of India (CJI) from the selection committee to appoint of Election Commissioners.During the hearing, a Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma questioned the petitioner, Congress leader Dr Jaya Thakur, on whether the Court can direct parliament to frame a law directing inclusion of the CJI. "It is a prerogative of the parliament to make the law. Courts cannot direct t