Overview
- The Supreme Court moved the deadline for completing Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike elections to August 31, calling it the last extension.
- The Karnataka government and the State Election Commission sought more time, pointing to a lack of staff due to Census work and a Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls.
- The bench ordered the state to publish the final ward-wise reservation notification for 198 wards within one month based on the June 23, 2020 delimitation.
- A dispute over the size of the council remains, with the state arguing for 243 wards under a 2020 law as the court process continues.
- The civic body has been run by a government-appointed administrator since September 2020, which leaves Bengaluru without an elected council to make day-to-day decisions on services.