Srinagar, July 11 -- Both the former Chief Justices shared their observations and gave a presentation on the simultaneous elections at the meeting of the JPC, which is examining the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024.

The Joint Committee of Parliament, headed by BJP MP PP Chaudhary, has been speaking to jurists and legal experts as it prepares its recommendation on the bill that aims to conduct simultaneous elections to the legislative assemblies in the states and the Parliament.

Both the former top judges suggested that the Election Commission (EC) should not be given unbridled powers proposed in the constitutional amendment law, the sources told NDTV....