A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the suspension of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, arguing that decisions on matters pending before the court cannot be taken unilaterally by the head of the constitutional body. The plea, filed by Rakesh Kumar Singh under Article 32, comes amid media reports that nearly 14 decisions were taken between October 2025 and August 2026 in the name of the Election Commission despite recorded objections by the other two Election Commissioners, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi. The petitioner also sought a writ of quo warranto calling upon the CEC to show under what authority he has acted individually.
Petition in Supreme Court Seeks Suspension of CEC Gyanesh Kumar
Source: WION