Constitutional Law II
57 Constitutional Cases in Brief: Quick Notes
Issue: Can the government choose judges even when the Chief Justice disagrees?
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57 Landmark Constitutional Cases: Complete Notes
About this topic ▶ Watch this part of the lecture (0:00) These notes cover the 57 most important cases of Indian Constitutional Law . They are the cases that keep coming up in LL.B. examinations, in judiciary examinations and in every serious discussion of constitutional law. Every case is studied…
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Anoop Baranwal
Supreme Court of India · 2023
In Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India (2023), a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court held that, because Parliament had not made a law under Article 324(2) for more than seventy years, the Court could fill this constitutional vacuum to protect the independence of the Election Commission. It directed that, until Parliament makes a law, the President will appoint the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners on the advice of a committee of the Prime Minister, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India. The case matters because it links free and fair elections, which are part of the basic structure, with an independent Election Commission.
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- 1 According to the text, what was the majority's view in Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India on giving the other Election Commissioners the same protection from removal as the Chief Election Commissioner?
- 2 In Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India (2023), the Supreme Court set up an interim committee to advise the President on appointing Election Commissioners. In December 2023, Parliament passed the Chief Election Commissioner...
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