The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and the Election Commission on a plea seeking the suspension of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, saying that while it presumes the poll panel’s decisions are in accordance with law, “if any decision taken by the Election Commission is found not to be in accordance with law, then we will annul it.”
The bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, along with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana, sought responses from the Centre and the Election Commission within a week on the plea challenging the manner in which decisions were taken by the CEC-led poll panel.
