Election Commission row: Plea in Supreme Court alleges unilateral decision-making by CEC Gyanesh Kumar

A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court alleging that decisions are being taken by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar (CEC) in the name of the Election Commission of India (ECI) without the approval of Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi..The plea has sought a writ of Quo Warranto asking the CEC to explain under what authority he has acted, and continues to act, as though entitled individually to exercise the collective decision-making power vested by Article 324 of the Constitution in the Election Commission as a body..The ECI comprises the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and two Election Commissioners.