Why 14 Objections Inside the ECI? Gyanesh Kumar, Article 324 and the Powers of a CEC | UPSC

Описание: Why were 14 objections put on record inside the Election Commission of India in 10 months? This video explains what happened, and what Article 324 actually says about the powers of a Chief Election Commissioner.

Is the Chief Election Commissioner the boss of the Election Commission? Can two Election Commissioners overrule him? And can Gyanesh Kumar actually be removed? The full constitutional position, in plain terms.
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What this video covers:
The Indian Express investigation: 14 objections by Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, and the ECI's response
Article 324: superintendence, direction and control, and which elections the ECI conducts
T.N. Seshan vs Union of India (1995): why the CEC is first among equals and not a CEO
Section 18(2) of the CEC and Other ECs Act, 2023: unanimity as far as possible, majority otherwise, and why the CEC has no casting vote
Issue 1: the additional declaration added to Form 6 and whether it followed the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960
Issue 2: addition and deletion of voters, Article 326, the RP Act 1950, and what the Supreme Court held on SIR
Issue 3: ECINET, centralisation of voter data, and the changed role of the Electoral Registration Officer
Issue 4: the Goa case, where eligible voters found their names missing
Article 324(5) and Article 124(4): how a CEC can actually be removed, and the majority required
Anoop Baranwal vs Union of India (2023), the 2023 Act, and why the selection committee is at the centre of this row

Useful for UPSC Prelims and GS Paper 2, Polity and Constitutional Bodies.
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Timestamps:
00:00 The controversy, and the demand for the CEC's resignation
03:08 The two questions at the heart of this row
04:48 The Indian Express investigation: 14 objections
06:01 What the Election Commission said in response
07:30 Article 324: powers of the Election Commission
08:24 Structure: one CEC and two Election Commissioners
09:34 T.N. Seshan case: is the CEC the boss?
11:51 Section 18 of the 2023 Act: unanimity and majority
15:00 Issue 1: the change made to Form 6
18:13 Issue 2: addition and deletion of voters, and the Supreme Court on SIR
20:19 Issue 3: ECINET and centralisation of voter data
23:45 Issue 4: the Goa case
25:33 Why the question is about institutional design, not one decision
27:32 Can a Chief Election Commissioner be removed? Article 324(5)
29:23 Anoop Baranwal, the 2023 Act, and the appointment row
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