Times of India·3 min read

Lawyers move SC, AG for action on poll panel chief

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AMIT ANAND CHOUDHARY
Lawyers move SC, AG for action on poll panel chief
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As questions are being raised against CEC Gyanesh Kumar for allegedly unilaterally taking many decisions pertaining to the SIR drive, a Supreme Court lawyer has filed a petition in court seeking his criminal prosecution, and another has approached the attorney general, seeking his permission, as required under the law, to file a contempt petition against him.The petition filed in SC said action needed to be taken against the chief election commissioner for his "unilateral, unauthorised, and illegal decisions" taken in the name of EC.

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