SC orders local body poll in 9 TN districts

New Delhi, June 22

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC) to conduct by September 15 the local body polls in nine new districts carved out of four existing ones.

A vacation bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Aniruddha Bose said state poll panel would have to issue notification for the election to the local bodies, holding polls and declaring the results by September 15. — PTI