New Delhi, May 7 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed local body elections in Maharashtra, held up on account of a challenge to reservation for OBCs since 2022, to be notified and held within four months, while directing that the outcome of the polls will be subject to the decision by the top court on the pending challenge to the state law extending 27% reservation for OBCs in local bodies.
A bench headed by justice Surya Kant passed the order after realising that the elections to local bodies were held up on account of a status quo order passed by the SC in August 2022. In the case of some of local bodies at Panchayat and Gram Sabha level, there were no polls conducted for past 5 years. P8
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