The Supreme Court is split on whether appointments to the poll authority should be referred to a larger bench. NDTV reports that a two-judge bench hears the matter for five days but reaches divergent views on the question.
The bench, comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, holds differing approaches to how the issue should be handled procedurally. While the coverage notes the split, it does not detail the specific legal positions or the arguments advanced by parties in the matter.
The immediate outcome is that the question remains unresolved at the bench level, with the differing views indicating that the procedural course—whether the matter is examined by a larger bench—will likely depend on the judges’ reasoning and subsequent steps in the case.
