<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would consider a plea for urgent hearing of the matter related to conducting polls for the 'Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike' (BBMP), whose term expired on September 10, 2020.</p>.<p>Senior advocate Meenakshi Arora, appearing for some of the candidates for the civic body polls, mentioned the matter before a bench presided over by Chief Justice N V Ramana. She said that elections have not taken place despite the fact that the tenure of the civic body ended in September 2020.</p>.<p>She pointed out that the poll process has been stayed by an order of the apex court.</p>.<p>"There are enough elections happening in the country," the bench, also comprising Justices A S Bopanna and Hima Kohli, said.</p>.<p>When Arora said the issue pertained to the civic poll of a body whose tenure has ended, the bench said, "You have mentioned. Leave it to us. We will see."</p>.<p>Earlier also, similar request has been made before to take up the matter.</p>.<p>A bench led by then CJI S A Bobde (since retired) had stayed the High Court verdict of December 4, 2020 asking the SEC to hold the election within six weeks.</p>.<p>On December 18, 2020, the top court had suspended the operation of the High Court order for conducting BBMP polls to 198 wards instead of 243 as mandated under a new law, the Karnataka Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2020, passed by the state government to govern Bengaluru. </p>.<p>The top court had then issued notice to the Karnataka's State Election Commission (SEC) on a petition filed by the B S Yediyurappa government against the High Court's order to conduct the polls as expeditiously as possible.</p>.<p>The court had sought a reply from the SEC, M Shivaraju and others, whose plea had prompted the HC to deliver its judgement.</p>.<p>The state government claimed the new law was passed to increase the seats for councillors from 198 to 243 wards in order to give due representation to Scheduled Castes and other marginalised communities in the municipal council of a large and growing city like Bengaluru. It also claimed the SEC had no authority to question the validly enacted legislation by a writ petition. </p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos</strong></p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would consider a plea for urgent hearing of the matter related to conducting polls for the 'Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike' (BBMP), whose term expired on September 10, 2020.</p>.<p>Senior advocate Meenakshi Arora, appearing for some of the candidates for the civic body polls, mentioned the matter before a bench presided over by Chief Justice N V Ramana. She said that elections have not taken place despite the fact that the tenure of the civic body ended in September 2020.</p>.<p>She pointed out that the poll process has been stayed by an order of the apex court.</p>.<p>"There are enough elections happening in the country," the bench, also comprising Justices A S Bopanna and Hima Kohli, said.</p>.<p>When Arora said the issue pertained to the civic poll of a body whose tenure has ended, the bench said, "You have mentioned. Leave it to us. We will see."</p>.<p>Earlier also, similar request has been made before to take up the matter.</p>.<p>A bench led by then CJI S A Bobde (since retired) had stayed the High Court verdict of December 4, 2020 asking the SEC to hold the election within six weeks.</p>.<p>On December 18, 2020, the top court had suspended the operation of the High Court order for conducting BBMP polls to 198 wards instead of 243 as mandated under a new law, the Karnataka Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2020, passed by the state government to govern Bengaluru. </p>.<p>The top court had then issued notice to the Karnataka's State Election Commission (SEC) on a petition filed by the B S Yediyurappa government against the High Court's order to conduct the polls as expeditiously as possible.</p>.<p>The court had sought a reply from the SEC, M Shivaraju and others, whose plea had prompted the HC to deliver its judgement.</p>.<p>The state government claimed the new law was passed to increase the seats for councillors from 198 to 243 wards in order to give due representation to Scheduled Castes and other marginalised communities in the municipal council of a large and growing city like Bengaluru. It also claimed the SEC had no authority to question the validly enacted legislation by a writ petition. </p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos</strong></p>
