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Heat wave: Apex court asks EC to take a call on plea to commence voting from 0500 hrs

New Delhi, May 2 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission of India to take a call on pleas to advance the voting period from 7am to 5am in Lok Sabha election 2019 due to Ramazan and heat wave at many polling booths in various states.
A bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, gave the ruling on a petition filed by advocate Mohammad Nizam Pasha.
It asked the ECI to pass appropriate orders on his plea seeking early start of polling in the coming three phases of elections for the 17th House of the People whose mandate will be declared on May 23, Thursday.
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