Rajasthan local body elections

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday decided to put on hold the elections for local bodies in nine new districts, carved out from four existing ones, in Tamil Nadu for complying with legal formalities such as delimitation and reservation in four months. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) S A Bobde considered the suggestion put forward by the Tamil Nadu government that it was willing to put on hold the local body polls in the nine districts for complying with legal formalities such as a fresh delimitation exercise and for deciding the issue of reservation for women and SC/ST candidates. The bench, also comprising justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant, said, "There shall be no legal impediment in holding the elections in the rest nine districts of Tamil Nadu." It directed the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission to conduct the delimitation exercise and other formalities afresh and conclude them in four months. The bench also said the local body elections in the remaining … [Read more...] about SC Puts on Hold Local Body Polls in 9 Newly-carved Out Tamil Nadu Districts

The Supreme Court on Friday, December 6, 2019, decided to put on hold the elections for local bodies in nine new districts, carved out from four existing ones, in Tamil Nadu for complying with legal formalities such as delimitation and reservation in four months.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) S.A. Bobde considered the suggestion put forward by the Tamil Nadu government that it was willing to put on hold the local body polls in the nine districts for complying with legal formalities such as a fresh delimitation exercise and for deciding the issue of reservation for women and SC/ST candidates.However, there shall be no legal impediment in holding the elections in the remaining districts of Tamil Nadu, the Bench comprising justices B.R.Gavai and Surya Kant, said.It directed the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission to conduct the delimitation exercise and other formalities afresh and conclude them in four months.The bench also said the local body elections in the remaining … [Read more...] about Supreme Court puts on hold local body polls in 9 newly-carved out T.N. districts

The Supreme Court on Friday directed Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (SEC) to conduct civic polls in the state, except in the newly-constituted nine districts.With the apex court partially clearing the decks for local body elections, the SEC stated it would release a new notification to conduct the polls.Earlier, the SEC had announced that civic polls would be held for rural seats of local bodies on December 27 and 30. It had further said that election dates for urban local bodies would be revealed later.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bopde ordered the SEC to conduct the civic polls in the districts except for the newly bifurcated districts including Villupuram, Kallakkurichi, Ranipet, Thiruppattur, Vellore, Chengalpet, Kancheepuram, Tirunelveli and Tenkasi for complying with legal formalities such as a fresh delimitation exercise and for deciding the issue of reservation for women and SC/ST candidates.Kallakkurichi was earlier with Villupuram district. … [Read more...] about Local body polls put on hold by Supreme Court in 9 new Tamil Nadu districts

DMK president M K Stalin on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict permitting the State to hold elections to rural local bodies in 27 districts excluding the nine reconstituted districts, where the delimitation process has not been completed. But he maintained that conducting polls in other districts would lead to confusion.“The judgement is historic, as the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami has said. The verdict also safeguards the principles of democracy. I welcome the judgement on behalf of the DMK,” Mr. Stalin told reporters at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK’s headquarters in Chennai.Mr. Stalin also reiterated that the DMK did not go to the Court to stop the elections, but to ensure that they are held by following all legal procedures. His party was never against holding the polls but was only against holding elections without properly carrying out the delimitation process and without implementing reservation.“We have been struggling for this … [Read more...] about DMK welcomes Supreme Court verdict on local body polls

        The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had an unsuccessful outing in the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu earlier this year, is eyeing the upcoming local body polls to make inroads into the southern state.It is looking to ride on the shoulders of its ally—the state’s ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)—to register a win in the local body polls.The BJP had contested the Kanyakumari, Thoothukudi, Coimbatore, Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga seats in the parliamentary elections but failed to win any of the seats.Before this, the national party won the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat in 2014. It has not won any state elections since 2001 when party candidate H Raja contested successfully from the Karaikudi assembly seat.After winning the by-polls for the two assembly seats this October, the AIADMK is in an upbeat mood to contest the local body polls, which is most likely to be held in December this year after a gap of eight … [Read more...] about Tamil Nadu local body polls: BJP to ride on AIADMK’s shoulders to gain a foothold