'Will examine': SC to hear plea against legal immunity to CECs, ECs; issues notice to Centre

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court connected Monday issued announcement to the Centre and the Election Commission and sought a effect connected a plea challenging the validity of the Parliament enacted instrumentality giving life-long immunity from prosecution to Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners.While proceeding the plea, a seat led by Chief Justice Surya Kant said, "“We would similar to analyse it. We are issuing notice”.The plea challenged a proviso of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023.It alleged that the instrumentality has fixed a life-long, unprecedented immunity, to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and the Election Commissioners (ECs) from civilian and transgression actions implicit immoderate enactment undertaken by them portion performing their authoritative duties.“The Bill cannot springiness beingness agelong unprecedented to CEC and EC which makers of Constitution didn’t adjacent assistance to the judges. Parliament cannot assistance specified an immunity precocious Constitutional framers did not assistance to different dignitaries.”, the counsel for petitioner stated.