Why Local Body Polls Deferred Till December If COVID Restrictions Are Relaxed? Karnataka HC Asks SEC

Mustafa Plumber

9 Aug 2021 6:56 PM IST

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Why Local Body Polls Deferred Till December If COVID Restrictions Are Relaxed? Karnataka HC Asks SEC

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Election Commission to justify its decision of postponing all the elections to local bodies till December 2021. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice N S Sanjay Gowda, while hearing a suo-motu petition said, "Prima facie, we find that the State Election Commission will not be bound by the said recommendation of the...

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#Karnataka High Court #Local Body Election Covid Restrictions Relaxation of Lockdown municipal corporations State Election Commission Karnataka State Government Chief Justice AS Oka Justice N S Sanjay Gowda Article 243 U