Bengal opposition welcomes Calcutta HC stay on Kolkata civic polls pending ward delimitation plea | Kolkata
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The Calcutta high court stayed Kolkata civic polls until a single bench decides petitions challenging the increase in municipal wards from 144 to 209. | Kolkata News
The Calcutta high court stayed Kolkata civic polls until a single bench decides petitions challenging the increase in municipal wards from 144 to 209.
West Bengal’s opposition parties on Friday welcomed a Calcutta high court vacation bench’s interim stay on the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections, saying they would await a single bench ruling on petitions challenging the delimitation exercise that increased the number of municipal wards from 144 to 209.
The court’s order restrains the state election commission from notifying the polls until the petition is decided.
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