Former CJIs Khehar, Chandrachud appear before parliamentary committee on simultaneous elections

Former Chief Justices of India, J.S. Khehar and D.Y. Chandrachud, are interacting on Friday (July 11, 2025) with the parliamentary committee scrutinising the simultaneous election bill as it held its eighth sitting.

The Joint Committee of Parliament headed by BJP MP P.P. Chaudhary has been speaking to jurists and legal experts as it prepares its recommendation on the bill.

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Two other former Chief Justices of India, U.U. Lalit and Ranjan Gogoi, have appeared before the committee in past.

While both of them did not question the constitutionality of simultaneous elections, they have questioned some aspects of the bill and offered suggestions.