New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking postponement of the forthcoming Bihar Assembly polls in view of 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 in this regard.
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"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The matter was then dismissed as withdrawn.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 EC is set to announce the schedule for Bihar assembly elections on Friday.
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 until the situation becomes normal.
(PTI report)
