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SC to govt: Submit files on appointment of poll chief
Updated On: 24 November, 2022 08:44 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Apex court says it wants to know whether there was any ‘hanky panky’ in Goel’s appointment, as he recently got voluntary retirement from service
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Arun Goel assumes charge as the new Election Commissioner, in New Delhi on Monday. Pic/PTI
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the central government to produce before it the files related to the appointment of Arun Goel, a former bureaucrat, as the election commissioner.
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice K M Joseph asked how Goel was appointed when the court was hearing an interim application seeking a stay on appointments to the Election Commission.
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