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Former CJI seeks level-playing field in simultaneous poll plan
Hindustan Times Pune
|June 27, 2025
Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud has raised some concerns about simultaneous state and parliamentary elections in his submissions to a joint parliamentary committee and called for a level-playing field between smaller and national parties, people aware of the matter said on Thursday.
NEW DELHI:
Ex-CJI Chandrachud and another former CJI, JS Khehar, are set to attend on July 11 a meeting of the JPC examining the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, which are intended to roll out simultaneous polls in the country, the people cited above said.
The 39-member JPC—headed by Bharatiya Janata Party leader PP Chaudhary—was set up in December 2024. Although there is no time frame for the submission of the report, the term of the JPC has been extended till the first day of last week of the upcoming Monsoon Session.
This story is from the June 27, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Pune.
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