New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- The Supreme Court is set to hear a batch of petitions on Wednesday, challenging the validity of the law governing the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners, which dropped Chief Justice of India from selection panel for Election Commissioners.

Advocate Prashant Bhushan on Tuesday urged the court to hear the matter on an urgent basis, citing its importance for the future of democracy.

The law in question, the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023, has been criticized for excluding the Chief Justice of India from the selection panel for Election Commissioners.

Advocate Bhushan told a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh that the m...