High Court of Bombay Allows Petitioners' Challenge to Disqualification as Members of Panchayat Samiti Due to Absence from Meetings. Held that Section 62(1)(b) of Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961 Requires Absence for Three Consecutive Months, Not Three Consecutive Meetings, and Period of Absence of Less Than Three Months Does Not Attract Disqualification....
The case involved six writ petitions arising from a dispute over the disqualification of members of Dhadgaon Panchayat Samiti, Nandurbar, under the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Ac...
