SC: Present set-up lets govt pick CEC, ECs of its choice

NEW DELHI: Questioning the appointment process for chief election commissioner/election commissioners where a panel of PM, a Cabinet minister and the leader of opposition, pick the candidate, Supreme Court on Thursday said that the present system allows the govt to appoint a person of its choice as two out of three members would favour it and asked govt why this “show-off about independence” in appointment process. It said that an independent person should be made part of panel in place of minister.