JAIPUR: Amid Covid-19 outbreak, the Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday allowed the government and the municipal corporation to complete the elections in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota till August 31. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice Satish Kumar Sharma allowed the applications seeking extension of time for completing the municipal elections at the corporations in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota.
Earlier, the elections of six municipal corporations, including Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota, were extended by the court due to the lockdown and Covid-19 outbreak in the state. The state Election Commission had also filed an application on Friday to extend the date of elections for the six municipal corporations in three places for not holding elections in the current situation.
R B Mathur, counsel for the petitioner, said that the court allowed the two applications of completing the process till the end of August, 2020.
The state Election Commission said that there is a lockdown in place till May 3 due to Covid-19 infection across the state. “The entire government machinery is engaged in controlling this epidemic. It will also take some time to maintain social distancing after the lockdown is removed. In such circumstances, it is not possible to conduct elections in the six municipal corporations of Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota as per the order of March 18. Therefore, the court should give time till August 31 to conduct elections in these six municipal corporations,” the election commission said in the court.
Earlier on March 18, six municipal elections proposed to be held in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota from April 5 onwards were postponed for six weeks by the Rajasthan High Court. Since the six week time was completing in June the petitioner and state election commission filed fresh applications to defer the elections.
Earlier, the elections of six municipal corporations, including Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota, were extended by the court due to the lockdown and Covid-19 outbreak in the state. The state Election Commission had also filed an application on Friday to extend the date of elections for the six municipal corporations in three places for not holding elections in the current situation.
R B Mathur, counsel for the petitioner, said that the court allowed the two applications of completing the process till the end of August, 2020.
The state Election Commission said that there is a lockdown in place till May 3 due to Covid-19 infection across the state. “The entire government machinery is engaged in controlling this epidemic. It will also take some time to maintain social distancing after the lockdown is removed. In such circumstances, it is not possible to conduct elections in the six municipal corporations of Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota as per the order of March 18. Therefore, the court should give time till August 31 to conduct elections in these six municipal corporations,” the election commission said in the court.
Earlier on March 18, six municipal elections proposed to be held in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota from April 5 onwards were postponed for six weeks by the Rajasthan High Court. Since the six week time was completing in June the petitioner and state election commission filed fresh applications to defer the elections.
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