SC to hear on July 26 AAP's plea challenging postponement of MCD polls
The Hindu
The process relating to the delimitation of municipal wards is underway in Delhi.
The Supreme Court on July 20, 2022 said it would hear on July 26 a plea by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) challenging the postponement of the Municipal Corporations of Delhi (MCD) polls on the ground of delimitation of wards in the national capital.
A bench headed by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar granted liberty to the petitioner to serve the advance copy of the plea to the standing counsel for the respondents.
Senior advocate A.M. Singhvi, appearing for AAP, told the bench that there were three municipal corporations in Delhi and their terms expired in mid of May this year.
He told the bench, also comprising Justices A.S. Oka and J.B. Pardiwala, that the three MCDs have been unified but post-unification, the elections cannot be delayed.
The AAP has made the Centre, the State Election Commission, and the MCD, through the special officer, respondents in the plea.
The bench asked whether the counsel for the respondents were appearing in the matter.
Mr. Singhvi said they would serve the central agency as well as the commission.
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