Maintain status quo on holding of BMC polls: Court

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered maintenance of status quo on holding of elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in view of the pleas challenging Maharashtra's August 4 ordinance reducing the total number of corporators from 236 to 227.
Senior advocate Devadatt Kamat challenged the ordinance on behalf of ex-corporator Suhas C Wadkar, but a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana, who will retire on August 26, said it does not have time to adjudicate the pleas which require considerable hearing.
"List the matter after five weeks. A special bench will be constituted," the SC said.