Former election commissioner Ashok Lavasa on Friday argued against the immunity granted to ECs from court cases under a 2023 law, observing that accountability was of paramount importance. ADVERTISEMENT“In a democracy, accountability is paramount, and therefore, this kind of legal shield, to my mind, should not be there. The provision was aimed at bringing the ECs on a par with Supreme Court judges. The petitioner NGO, Lok Prahari, argued that this kind of permanent and blanket immunity was unprecedented. “Please remember that no one came out on the streets and protested during the Bihar polls claiming that their names were wrongly deleted.”

Source: The Telegraph January 17, 2026 06:44 UTC