New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) UU Lalit on Tuesday told a joint parliamentary committee that he supported the larger plan of simultaneous elections but added that it cannot be rolled out in one go and would require several phases, according to people aware of the matter.
He pointed out that any "substantive curtailment" of the tenure of the state assemblies -- one of the steps suggested by a high-level committee led by former President Ram Nath Kovind -- can lead to legal challenges over violation of the Constitution's basic structure, one of the people said.
Justice Lalit's suggestions, if accepted by the government, may trigger a significant shift in the plan to implement simultaneous state and national electi...