SC issues notice to Centre, poll body on blanket immunity to CEC

NewsIndia NewsSC issues notice to Centre, poll body on blanket immunity to CEC SC issues notice to Centre, poll body on blanket immunity to CEC Edited by Rohitashwa Ranjan / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Nov 04, 2026, 17:36 IST NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Centre and the Election Commission over a plea challenging immunity to Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners from any legal action for any decision taken in the course of their duties.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohanna issued notice to the poll body and Centre on a petition filed by activist and lawyer Arun Kumar Agarwal.

Watch ‘Gyanesh Won’t Survive As CEC’: Rahul Gandhi’s BIG Warning At Mock Impeachment InsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig Development "The said section takes away every civil and criminal remedy against the CEC and ECs for their acts.

A voter whose name is wrongly deleted from the electoral roll, a candidate prejudiced by a mala fide act, and any citizen aggrieved by corruption in the functioning of the Commission are left without a remedy," it further said.

Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app. Rohitashwa Ranjan is a digital journalist with The Times of India, where he decodes Indian politics as a carefully staged production with scripts, subtext and everything behind.

His stories track elections, party dynamics and the things that often are buried beneath the headlines. When not parsing vote shares or alliances, he is usually reading between the lines, where the real story tends to reside.

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