New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission (APSEC) to decide by October 22 on extending nomination deadlines for urban local body polls wherever candidates were allegedly prevented from filing nominations due to law and order issues.

A vacation bench of Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana directed the State poll panel to postpone publication of the final candidates' list until October 25 and examine complaints of violence, obstruction and electronic evidence by Thursday. The publication of candidates' list was originally scheduled to be published on October 21.

The bench said if the poll panel chooses to extend the time, it must allow candidates at least 48 hours from pub...