Why no women in top EC posts: Apex court

NEW DELHI: A constitution bench in the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Union government if it could explain the method followed or yardsticks adopted in picking up the chief election commissioner (CEC) and the election commissioners (ECs), and termed it “disturbing” that India has not had even a single woman CEC in 75 years of its independence, suggesting that gender diversity in the appointment in the Election Commission of India (ECI) is as important as having competent and independent persons to head the poll body.

With the government silent on the method, the bench remarked: “It looks like there is

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