SC allows Rajasthan poll panel to hold panchyat polls by April, 2020

Supreme Court allowed Rajasthan State Election Commission (SEC) on Friday to hold 'panchayat' polls in state by April this year. top court h earlier stayed Rajasthan High Court's order cancelling tifications reorganising certain 'gram panchayats' and 'panchayat samitis' in state after vember 15-16, 2019. 

A bench, comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant, was told by state government that high court quashed delimitation of certain 'panchayats' and that order was stayed by top court.

Later, SEC stayed 'panchayat' polls which should be conducted, senior vocate A M Singhvi said. bench took te of plea of state government and statement of state poll body on possibility of conducting 'panchyat' elections.

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"K V Vishwanathan, senior counsel appearing for newly ded respondent – State Election Commission, states that elections will be held in accordance with tifications... He furr states that elections will be held according to law in second half of April, 2020. Order accordingly," bench said in its order.

high court, in December last year, h nullified 'panchayat' bodies created after vember 15-16. It h termed delimitation tification of 627 gram 'panchayats' in Rajasthan as "void". 

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