 bill no lvi of 2006 the  constitution (amendment)  bill, 2006 a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2006short title amendment of article 10352 in article 103 of the constitution in clause (2) for the words "election commission", the words "electoral council" shall be substituted3  after article 324 of the constitution the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article 324aelectoral council10"324a (1) there shall be an electoral council consisting of the chairman of the council of states, the speaker of the house of the people, the chief election commissioner, the chairman, law commission and one eminent jurist to be appointed by the president(2) the chairman of the council of states shall be the chairman of the electoral council(3) the electoral council shall formulate the electoral policy and shall have the power to review decisions taken by the election commission in the discharge of its functions" statement of objects and reasonsthe role of  election commission as seen during earlier elections has become the subject matter of intense debate the decisions of the election commission have been both criticised or acclaimed by the political parties, groups depending upon their political ideologiesarticle 324 of the constitution vests in the election commission the power of superintendence, direction and control of elections which is inherently an administrative power the election commission cannot encompass policy decisions which impinge on the functions of the executive and legislature even the judicial intervention had to be sought to resolve certain controversial decisions of the commission this has created an unsavoury and anomalous situationthe time has come to review the provisions of the part xv of the constitution an"electoral council" consisting of the chairman, rajya sabha, speaker, lok sabha, chief election commissioner, the chairman, law commission and one eminent jurist should be constituted to review the decisions of the election commission it will enhance transparency and credibility of the role of the election commissionthe bill seeks to  achieve the above objectivesmanohar  joshi financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for setting up of electoral council consisting of the chairman of the council of states, the speaker of the house of the people, the chief election commissioner, the chairman, law commission and one eminent jurist to be appointed by the president the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees ten lakh per annumit is also likely to involve a non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five lakh annexure extract from the constitution of india103 (1)        decision on questions as to disqualifications of members(2) before giving any decision on any such question, the president shall obtain the opinion of the election commission and shall act according to such opinion         ————a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri manohar joshi, mp)