To which, Mr Narasimha contended, \u201cTamil Nadu is the highest in the country in rising of COVID cases. Responsibility is of ours to conduct election. Process of bringing back EVMs and other machineries will take time. Nine districts were carved out, so far as delimitation is concerned. Give us till September.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThe Bench, while directing the State Election Commission to conduct the elections before September 15, noted, \u201cWe will issue contempt against you then, September 15 will be sufficient time to conduct elections.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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