WRIT PETITION NO. 116 OF 2025
23 Apr 2025...
Search Results for "Maharashtra Local Authority Members’ Disqualification Act"
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High Court
Bombay High Court Overrules Full Bench: Post-Poll Aghadi Under Section 63(2B) of Maharashtra Municipal Councils Act Attracts Full Disqualification Regime Under Maharashtra Local Authority Members' Disqualification Act, 1986. The court held that the legal fiction in the proviso equates post-poll Aghadi with pre-poll Aghadi for all purposes, including disqualification for defection, and not merely for representation in subject committees.
16 Jul 2024The case involves a reference to a larger bench of the Bombay High Court to resolve a conflict regarding the interpretation of the second Proviso to S...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Partially Quashes Disqualification Orders Under Maharashtra Local Authority Members’ Disqualification Act, 1986. Court Holds That Disqualification for Defection Under Section 3(1)(a) Cannot Exceed Remaining Term of Municipal Council and the Proviso's Six-Year Bar Applies Only to Independents.
6 Mar 2023The petitioners were elected councillors of the Bhusawal Municipal Council in 2016 on the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket. Their term was from 28 N...
High Court
Bombay High Court Upholds Disqualification of Councillor for Joining Aghadi Post-Election Under Maharashtra Local Authority Members' Disqualification Act, 1986. Formation of Aghadi or Front by elected councillors of recognized parties after election amounts to defection and attracts disqualification under Section 3 of the Disqualification Act.
5 Nov 2020The petitioner, Ibrahim @ Arif Kadir Deshmukh, was elected as a Councillor of Sangamner Municipal Council for the term 2016-2021 as a candidate of the...
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court Reduces Disqualification Period for Delayed Submission of Election Expenses Under Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act — Proportionality of Penalty Considered
28 Feb 2020The Supreme Court considered appeals against disqualification of elected members of Gram Panchayats under Section 14B of the Maharashtra Village Panch...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Quashes Divisional Commissioner's Order in Municipal Disqualification Case. Court Holds That Independent Corporator Cannot Be Treated as Member of Political Party Without Consent Under Maharashtra Local Authority Members Disqualification Rules, 1987.
6 Mar 2018The petitioner, Lokashahi Aghadi, through its leader Shital Gaikwad, filed a writ petition challenging a communication dated 7.4.2017 issued by the Di...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Considers Disqualification of Councillors Under Maharashtra Local Authority Members' Disqualification Act, 1986. Reference to Larger Bench Addresses Meaning of 'Aghadi' and 'Original Political Party' Post-Elections.
29 Jun 2016The writ petition arose from the disqualification of five councillors of Navapur Municipal Council under the Maharashtra Local Authority Members' Disq...
High Court
Bombay High Court Delivers Judgment on Challenge to Disqualification of Councillors for Defying Party Whip. The Court Examines Whether the Collector's Order Disqualifying Councillors Under Section 3(1)(b) of Maharashtra Local Authority Members' Disqualification Act, 1986 Was Legally Sustainable.
8 Apr 2015The case arose from the election of the President of Ausa Municipal Council after the post fell vacant due to the resignation of the sitting President...
High Court
Bombay High Court Upholds Disqualification of Municipal Councillor for Defying Party Whip Under Maharashtra Local Authority Members Disqualification Act, 1986. The Court held that the Petitioner's act of voting against the party whip constituted defiance, warranting disqualification under Section 3(1)(b) of the Act.
18 Jul 2014The Petitioner, Mrs. Sulabha Vijay Lokhande, was a Municipal Councillor in Panchgani Municipal Council, elected as an independent candidate in Decembe...
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High Court
High Court of Judicature at Bombay Hears Challenge Against Collector's Dismissal of Disqualification Petition — Collector Held Formation of Post-Poll Aghadi Permissible Under Section 63(2B) of Maharashtra Municipal Councils Act. Independent Councillors Allegedly Violated Section 3(2) of Maharashtra Local Authority Members’ Disqualification Act by Forming Aghadi After Election, but Collector Found No Disqualification.
9 May 2014The matter arose from elections to the Municipal Council, Yawal, held on December 12, 2011, wherein ten respondents were elected as independent counci...
