{
  "id": 12084303,
  "title": "Can CEC Gyanesh Kumar exercise EC powers alone? SC to hear plea today",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/can-cec-gyanesh-kumar-exercise-ec-powers-alone-sc-to-hear-plea-today",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T05:04:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/supreme-court-hearing-cec-gyanesh-kumar-election-commission-sir-exercise/articleshow/134686301.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "On Monday, the Supreme Court is set to hear pleas regarding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's alleged misuse of authority. The petitions argue that Kumar acted without the approval of fellow commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi. They seek to suspend Kumar until the case is resolved while allowing Sandhu and Joshi to jointly manage commission tasks.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}