The Election Commission was first made a multi-member body in October 1989 (with two additional Election Commissioners appointed), primarily to handle the increased workload following which change?
A. Reduction of the voting age from 21 to 18 years
14.
The two additional Election Commissioner posts created in October 1989 were abolished in January 1990, reverting the Commission to a single-member body; it became a stable multi-member body of three again from which year?
In T.N. Seshan v. Union of India (1995), the Supreme Court held regarding the status of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners that:
A.
The CEC is superior in rank and can override the other Election Commissioners
B.
Only the CEC has any decision-making power
C.
Election Commissioners cannot be appointed unless the CEC agrees
D.
All Election Commissioners, including the CEC, have equal powers, and decisions are taken collectively/by majority
