New Delhi: The Supreme Court refused Friday to entertain a plea seeking to postpone the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. The plea sought the postponement of the Assembly elections in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A three-judge bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M R Shah also refused to grant liberty to the petitioner to give representation to the Election Commission (EC) in this regard. “We can’t permit everybody to go to the Election Commission. We can only permit you to withdraw the petition,” the bench said.
The matter was then dismissed as withdrawn.
The top court was hearing the plea filed by one Ajay Kumar who contended that the general assembly elections cannot be held smoothly due to the pandemic. The plea sought to hold the Bihar Assembly elections till the situation becomes normal.
The EC is set to announce the schedule for Bihar Assembly elections Friday.