Bombay High Court Allows Curing of Minor Defect in Nomination Forms for Village Panchayat Elections — Rejection by Returning Officer Set Aside. The court held that under Rule 11(2-A) of the Maharashtra Village Panchayat Election Rules, a defect of missing signatures on Annexure II is minor and curable, and the Returning Officer must allow the candidate to cure it....
The petitioners, who had filed nominations from different wards of village Balsur, Taluka Omarga, District Osmanabad, challenged the decision of the Returning Officer rejecting their nomination forms ...
