Archive · 23 Sep 2026
Former CEC Questions Legality of EC Decisions Without Majority
Former election chief SY Quraishi raised questions about how some Election Commission decisions were made.
He referred to a law passed in 2023.
The law says the Commission should try to agree unanimously.
If its members disagree, a majority should decide the matter.
Reports said that two Commissioners may not have known about some decisions.
Quraishi questioned whether those decisions were officially made by the Commission.
His comments suggest that decisions without the required process could face legal questions.
The article does not provide a response from the other Commissioners.
Former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi raised concerns about reported objections within the Election Commission.
Quraishi cited Section 18 of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023.
The section says Commission business should, as far as possible, be conducted unanimously.
It also provides that differences within the Commission should be decided by majority.
Quraishi questioned whether decisions reportedly made without two Commissioners’ knowledge were decisions of the Commission at all.
- Who
- Former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi and the Election Commission.
- What
- Quraishi questioned whether decisions reportedly made without two Commissioners’ knowledge were legally decisions of the Commission.
- Why
- He cited Section 18 of the 2023 law, which calls for unanimity where possible and majority decisions when Commissioners disagree.
- Person raising concerns
- Former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi
- Law cited
- Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023
- Relevant provision
- Section 18
- Decision-making standard
- Commission business should, as far as possible, be conducted unanimously
- Disagreements
- Differences are to be decided by majority
- Central question
- Whether decisions made without two Commissioners’ knowledge were decisions of the Commission at all