HC dismisses govt plea to postpone municipal polls

The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday dismissed the application filed by the state government for extending the poll dates from October 31, 2020 to March 20, 2021 for Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota municipal corporations. The division bench of chief justice Indrajit Mohanty and Justice Prakash Gupta while rejecting the application moved by the government directed that the elections should be completed