SC upholds Bombay HC order on Goa civic polls, CM promises adherence
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Panaji, March 12 : The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the Bombay High Court's recent order postponing elections to five municipal councils in Goa over irregularities in reservation of constituencies for Scheduled Tribes and women.
Addressing reporters following the apex court order, advocate Carlos Ferreira, who heads the state Congress legal cell, said that the apex court had also faulted the Goa government for appointing the state's serving Law Secretary as a State Election Commissioner (SEC) and had directed other states to ensure that the SEC should not hold dual responsibilities.