The Supreme Court Thursday termed Parliament’s failure to enact a law on the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) until it was directed to do so in the Anoop Baranwal case in 2023, as the “tyranny of the elected.” A two-judge bench led by Justice Dipankar Datta made the observation while hearing petitions challenging the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, and said it wished judges too were appointed with the same speed as Election Commissioners. “We can only say we wish this speed is maintained in the appointment of judges,” Justice Datta said. The law states that the CEC and ECs will be appointed by a selection panel comprising the Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition, and a Union Cabinet Minister.…