Challenge To Election Commissioners' Law: Live Updates From Supreme Court

Hansaria reads out the pleadings in the petition.

J Datta: What the pleadings you have taken for us to hold that the law violates principle of free and fair elections.

Hansaria: this is part of my submissions that in order to ensure purity of election the constitutional makers thought that holding of election should be entrusted to independent body insulated from political executive interference.

J Datta: is there any observation in the judgment that when Parliament frames the law this judgement has to be kept in mind?

Hansaria: when a law is framed it has to meet the constitutional law. In Baranwal the court has said what the constitutional requirement is.

Hansaria: judgement does not merely say that this should be the composition. It has given the constitutional requirements.

Matter begins. Senior Advocate Vijay Hansaria to resume his arguments.

Senior Advocate Shadan Farasat: when the Act was passed 141 Members of Parliament were under suspension. So there was no proper debate. I will show it.

Hansaria: And the object and reasons specifically noted that Baranwal judgement provided for CJI to be a member.