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Aug 19, 2025: Sanjiv Khanna, the former Chief Justice of India, will testify today before the Joint Parliamentary Committee, which is looking into the simultaneous election Bills, also known as the "One Nation, One Election (ONOE)" laws.

A few other former chief justices, including DY Chandrachud, JS Khehar, UU Lalit, and Ranjan Gogoi, have also discussed various bill provisions with committee members before him.

In his written opinion to the committee, Justice Khanna has said that arguments related to the dilution of the country's federal structure might be raised about the constitutional amendment Bills, even as he has listed the various claims made supporting and criticising the concept, sources said.

Justice Khanna further said that the ONIE bills conferred "unfettered discretion" on the Election Commission in deciding that an Assembly poll could not be conducted along with that of the Lok Sabha, and to make a recommendation to the President on these lines, sources further said.

Justices Chandrachud and Khehar had previously voiced reservations regarding the amendment bills that granted the Election Commission unrestricted authority.