India, Oct. 26 -- The Supreme Court granted 20 more days to the two rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress to complete their pleadings before the Election Commission in a dispute pertaining to the party name and the "flowers and grass" election symbol.

A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana passed the order after taking note of the submissions of senior lawyer and MP Kalyan Banerjee, appearing for the Mamata All India Trinamool Congress, and senior advocate K Parmeswar, who represented the Ritabrata Banerjee-led faction.

At the outset, Banerjee said that the Ritabrata Banerjee-led faction, which was allotted the name Democratic Trinamool Congress, has not filed the requisite pleadings b...