SC asks Tamil Nadu to hold local body polls in newly carved districts by Sept. 15

The court was not impressed by the State Election Commission’s fervent pleas that COVID-19 was at its peak in Tamil Nadu.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (SEC) time to work, if necessary 24 hours a day, and hold the local body elections in nine newly carved districts of the State by September 15. “Holding of elections is a constitutional obligation,” a Vacation Bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Aniruddha Bose said. The court was not impressed by the SEC’s fervent pleas that COVID-19 was at its peak in the State.