Karnataka High Court directs State Election Commission to hold elections for 198 Wards of BBMP at the earliest. Govt directed to notify reservations.

M Shivaraju and another vs The State of Karnataka and another. Writ Petition 10216 OF 2020 (LB-BMP) PIL C/W Writ Petition 11077 OF 2020 (LB-BMP) PIL and Writ Petition 1892 OF 2020 (LB-BMP) PIL decided on 4 December 2020.

Judgment Link https://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/noticeBoard/WP-10216-of-2020-%20BBMP-Elections.pdf

ORDER (i) We direct the State Government to publish the final
notification of reservations as per clause (c) of sub-section
(1) of Section 21 of the said Act of 1976 for 198 Wards as
per the delimitation notification dated 23rd June, 2020. We
grant time of one month from today to publish the final notification, though, as per the assurance given by the
Government, as recorded in the order dated 22nd
September 2020, the same was to be published within two
weeks from 22nd September 2020;

(ii) We direct the State Election Commission to hold election of
BBMP as expeditiously as possible by publishing the
election programme within a maximum period of six weeks
from the date on which final reservation Notification is
published;

(iii) We make it clear that elections shall be held for 198 Wards
as per the notification of delimitation of Wards already
published on 23rd June, 2020;

(iv) The petitions are allowed on the above terms with no
orders as to the costs.