president of india appointed the chief election commission of india.
president of india appointed the chief election commission of india.
who appointed the chief election commission of india?
president of india
the chief election commissioner of india can be removed from office as can be a judge of the supreme court of india: a two-thirds majority resolution passed by the parliament of india (lok sabha and rajya sabha) outlining the grounds of misbehavior or incapacity. other election commissioners can be removed by the president of india on the advice of the chief election commissioner. a chief election commissioner has yet to be impeached. in 2009, just before the 2009 lok sabha elections, chief election commissioner n. gopalaswami sent a recommendation to president prathibha patil to remove election commissioner navin chawla, who was soon to take office as the chief election commissioner and to subsequently supervise the lok sabha election, a potential conflict of interest considering his partisan political party behavior. the president rejected advisory recommendation. subsequently, after gopalswami's retirement the next month, chawla became the chief election commissioner and supervised the 2009 lok sabha elections.
election commission of india
the chief election commissioner heads the election commission of india, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections to the national and state legislatures and of president and vice-president. this power of the election commission of india is derived from the article 324 of the constitution of india. chief election commissioner of india is usually a member of the indian civil service and mostly from the indian administrative service. it is very difficult to remove the authority of the chief election commissioner once appointed by the president, as two-thirds of the lok sabha and the rajya sabha need to present and vote against him for disorderly conduct or improper actions.
chief election commissioner of india