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