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more-inThere was no end in sight to the impasse over the panchayat polls in West Bengal with the hearing in the Calcutta High Court remaining inconclusive on Tuesday. The judge observed that he was concerned over whatever happened between April 9 and April 10 and the role of the State Election Commission on the issue. Mr.
Banerjee cited a number of orders of the Supreme Court stating that the High Court cannot intervene in an election process after the dates of the polls have been announced. He pointed out that after extending the nomination process on April 9 for a day the State Election Commission reversed the order the very next day. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) representative also said the rights of candidates who are contesting the polls as TMC nominees should also be upheld by holding the elections in time..