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Supreme Court hears the Maharashtra local body elections matter

Bench: CJI Surya Kant, J Joymalya Bagchi and J Vipul Pancholi

Last year, the Court passed an interim order to hold the local body elections in the state (where were deferred since 2022)

Later, it was pointed out to the court that reservation in some panchayat samitis, zilla parishads was exceeding the 50% ceiling limit

Ultimately, the court said that the 50% ceiling limit could not be breached and that its order was seemingly misconstrued by the authorities.