Karnataka Poll Body Accuses State Government Of "Taking Away Powers"
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A vacation division bench of the High Court comprising Justice SG Pandit and Justice MG Uma heard the Election Commission's petition today.
The Karnataka State Election Commission on Tuesday told the High Court of Karnataka that the state government had taken away its powers making it unable to hold elections to the Zilla Panchayat (ZP) and Taluk Panchayats (TP) as mandated by the Supreme Court.
A vacation division bench of the High Court comprising Justice SG Pandit and Justice MG Uma heard the Election Commission's petition today.
Following last week's Supreme Court direction to hold the ZP-TP elections immediately, the commission filed a memo before the High Court to hear the pending petition citing emergency.
The High Court asked the Commission's counsel why a memo was filed before it instead of following the Supreme Court's direction.
