PoliticsCEC Gyanesh Kumar Gains Legal Immunity Under 2023 Election Act
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and other Election Commissioners received legal immunity for official actions under the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023. This immunity clause, inserted as amendment 15A by Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal in December 2023, protects them from criminal proceedings, despite protests by the Cockroach Janta Party over alleged mass disenfranchisement via the Special Intensive Revision.
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