Quota in Maha: Results in 57 seats depend on verdict

The Supreme Court on Friday directed elections to more than 280 Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats in Maharashtra to go on as scheduled on December 2 while making it clear that the election to 57 seats, where the combined reservation of scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and backward classes exceeds 50%, shall be subject to final orders to be passed by the court.

- Abraham Thomas

At the same time, the court restrained the state election body from conducting elections to those Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad seats where the 50% threshold has been breached as the Maharashtra state election commission was not in a position to provide the exact number of such seats. Barring them, the court allowed the state panel to hold polls for the remaining seats.