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The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking to defer the Bihar Assembly polls till the state was free from the virus. It said that COVID-19 cannot be a ground for postponing the elections. The petitioner, Avinash Thakur, had sought a direction to the Chief Election Commissioner to postpone the polls due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the ground that the Representation of the People Act provides for the deferment of polls in extraordinary situations.
The Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said, the Election Commission of India will take everything into account. The Bench, also comprising Justices R.S. Reddy and M.R. Shah, further said it was a premature petition as no notification for the Assembly polls had been issued yet.
