The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Madhya Pradesh High Court order asking political parties to conduct their campaign for the November 3 assembly bypolls virtually instead of holding physical rallies due to COVID-19. The bench asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take an appropriate decision with regard to political rallies as per law and keeping in mind the pandemic guidelines. The top court was hearing pleas of the ECI and Madhya Pradesh Energy minister Pradyuman Singh Tomar challenging the state high court’s order of October 20.