India, Oct. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for local body elections in Andhra Pradesh, ruling that the polls should not be delayed due to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

The court clarified that the elections could be conducted using the existing electoral rolls if the revised SIR rolls were not published before the election notification was issued.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana issued the clarification while hearing a plea filed by the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) challenging an October 1 order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

The High Court had directed the State Election Commission (SEC) and the state government to exp...