India, Nov. 28 -- The Supreme Court on Friday directed elections to be held across all local bodies in Maharashtra while ordering that the seats where reservation exceeds 50% will either be excluded or held subject to the final court order.

The court passed the order in a batch of petitions which sought implementation of the court's earlier orders directing polls to all local bodies in the state to be completed by January 31.

A contempt petition filed by one Rahul Ramesh Wagh alleged that the state was violating the court's triple test laid down in a 2021 judgment which required that total reservation should not exceed 50% across any seats in the local bodies.

The bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and justice Joymalya Ba...