The Supreme Court on July 24 declined to stay the delimitation exercise under way in Assam, saying it will not be proper to intervene at this stage.
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“At this stage when delimitation has commenced, having due regard to issuance of the draft proposal in June 2023, it will not be proper to interdict the process. Hence, while reserving the constitutional challenge, we are not issuing any orders restraining the Election Commission to take any further steps,” the court observed.
