Photo: Ramesh Pathania/MintKolkata: The West Bengal state election commission on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court, challenging the ruling of a division bench of the Calcutta high court that ordered the commission to treat nominations filed through electronic messaging as legitimate. In the hurriedly filed appeal, the apex court pointed out five defects, which were eventually addressed. But with another court case starting, it is still unclear if polling for panchayat seats will take place on 14 May as scheduled. The commission has said that under the laws of West Bengal there is no provision for receiving nominations through emails. Meanwhile, another division bench of the Calcutta high court will on Thursday pass its verdict over security arrangements for polling.

Source: Mint May 09, 2018 17:26 UTC