The Calcutta High Court orders the State Election Commission to hold off on issuing a notification for Kolkata Municipal Corporation civic polls. The restraint applies while a legal challenge to how municipal wards are delimited is still pending.
Outlets report that the court is considering an appeal and that the ward delimitation petition is before another bench. Free Press Journal and India Today both frame the decision as delaying the planned civic elections, reported as due around November. Times of India similarly focuses on the court ruling that the election notification cannot be announced until the delimitation petition is disposed of.
The reporting also situates the decision within ongoing political preparation for municipal elections, noting that leaders publicly discuss plans and potential next steps in response to the court’s interim order.
