NewsX: Mamata Banerjee loses her first round of prestige battle against Bengal election commission. Upholding the supremacy of the commission, a Calcutta High Court judgment ordered a three phase poll and directed the state govt to provide funds, forces and observers as per the commission's need. But with Mamata government planning to take the legal recourse further, will the future of rural polls hang as a constitutional limbo. Bigger question, is Mamata intentionally avoiding the ballot box?
