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There is a debate on the procedure for appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners to the Election Commission of India. Analyse its various aspects.

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  • Statutory Institutions and Commissions

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Article 324(2) vests the appointment of the CEC and Election Commissioners (ECs) in the President, "subject to the provisions of any law made in that behalf by Parliament". B. R. Ambedkar conceded in the Constituent Assembly that the draft did not guard against nominating an unfit person, and left the safeguard to a future law.…

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