India, Nov. 29 -- The Supreme Court's interim order on Friday on Maharashtra's long-pending local body elections has created fresh uncertainty over the schedule for district council and panchayat samiti polls. Officials indicated that the State Election Commission (SEC) may now hold the municipal corporation elections in the second phase and push the district council and panchayat samiti polls to the final phase, allowing more time for clarity.

On Friday, the Supreme Court directed the SEC to go ahead with the elections for 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar panchayats as per schedule on December 2. However, the results of 57 of these local bodies, where the 50% reservation ceiling has been breached, would be subject to the outcome of t...