SC to hear Bengal SEC plea against e-nomination at 2 p.m.
New Delhi, May 10: The Supreme Court will later on Friday hear a West Bengal State Election Commission's (SEC) plea challenging a Calcutta High Court order to accept nominations papers filed electronically for the May 14 Panchayat polls.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said it would hear the petition at 2 p.m.
The SEC had moved the top court on Wednesday challenging the high court order contending that it would cause "an irreparable loss and injury" if the order was not stayed.
The high court had on May 8, directed the State Election Commission to accept e-nominations papers filed by the candidate within the stipulated time.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
