EDITORIALSUPREME COURT STRUCTURE AND CONSTITUTION BENCHES
Who Decides Before Anything Is Decided: The Supreme Court's Architecture Problem
A split verdict on September 23, 2026 has sent the challenge to the 2023 CEC appointment law to the Chief Justice of India for a possible Constitution Bench. The Court has not yet ruled on whether the law is valid. The judges' joint order also asks the CJI to consider a permanent Constitution Bench for pure constitutional questions and calls long delays in such references an institutional embarrassment.
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