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The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Maharashtra government’s 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in elections to local bodies in the state.

The Supreme Court yesterday, the polling day for the Tripura local body elections, had directed to ensure the security at the polling booths by sending more companies of Central Armed Police Force personnel in each of the 770 polling booths in Tripura, but the Supreme Court orders were not complied......

The Supreme Court granted time of four months to the State Election Commission to complete the election process in newly-carved districts of Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Vellore, Thirupathur, Ranipet, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Tirunelveli and Tenkasi in Tamil Nadu

The Bombay High Court has recently said that candidates, who are elected unopposed in local body elections, are also required to furnish accounts of election expenses incurred by them.

Appearing for George on Monday, the counsel, Santosh Mathew, said senior citizens should be allowed to vote by postal ballot by the state election commission.