Madras HC clears decks for holding bypolls for 2 of the 5 seats

Chennai, Oct 2 (UNI) The Madras High Court has cleared the decks for the conduct of Assembly bypoll to two more seats - Perundurai and Ambasamudram -- following which the Election Commission of India (ECI) expressed its intent to hold the polls if the court excluded the two seats from the five to which it has barred holding bypolls and if there was no stay by the Supreme Court. After rejecting an election petition in respect of Perundurai constituency about three weeks back, the High Court rejected a plea to declare the runner-up in the Ambasamudram seat as the returned…