Supreme Court refuses to postpone Bihar elections due to COVID-19, says `can`t interfere with CEC power`

Petitioner Avinash Thakur had sought a direction to the Chief Election Commissioner to postpone the polls due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the ground that the Representation of the People Act provides for the deferment of polls in extraordinary situations. 

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