WRIT PETITION NO. 116 OF 2025
23 Apr 2025...
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court Allows Recount in Gram Pradhan Election Dispute Due to Vote Count Discrepancy. Discrepancy Between Oral Statement and Form 46 Justifies Recount Under Section 12-C(1) of U.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1947.
27 Jan 2023The appeal arises from a Gram Pradhan election dispute in village Chaka @ Chak, Uttar Pradesh. The appellant, Vijay Bahadur, was the vanquished candid...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Quashes Commissioner's Disqualification Order in Municipal Councillor Case — Suo Motu Disqualification Without Election Petition Challenged. Commissioner lacks power under Section 12 of Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act, 1949 to disqualify a councillor on ground of having more than two children under Section 10(1)(i) when no election petition was filed and nomination objection was rejected.
17 Oct 2019The petitioner, Umesh Deorao Pawale, was elected as a councillor of Nanded Waghala City Municipal Corporation in 2012. His election was challenged by ...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Election of Municipal Councillors for Non-Compliance with Reservation Rotation Policy. Court Held That Challenge to Election on Ground of Non-Compliance with Rotation Policy Must Be Raised Before Election, Not After Declaration of Results.
3 Dec 2018The petitioners, including a registered political party and several individuals, filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court challenging the electi...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Dismissal of Election Petition as Premature — Holds That Election Petition Under Section 21 of Maharashtra Municipal Councils Act, 1965 Can Be Filed Before Notification of Result Under Section 20(4). The court ruled that the election petition challenging the election of a councillor is maintainable even if filed before the formal notification of the result, as the declaration of result is the operative event.
4 Apr 2018The petitioner, Sameer Janardan Shedge, filed an election petition under Section 21 of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Indust...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Order Setting Aside Election of Councilor for Non-Disclosure of Criminal Cases. Failure to Disclose Pending Criminal Cases in Affidavit Under Section 5A of Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949 Renders Election Void.
22 Jan 2018The petitioner, Shri Rajendra Jayant Devalekar, was elected as a Councilor of the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation in the 2015 elections. Respond...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Election Tribunal's Order Declaring Election Void — Caste Certificate Validation by Scrutiny Committee Has Retrospective Effect. The court held that the election tribunal ought to have considered the subsequent validation of the caste certificate and that the burden of proof on the election petitioner was not discharged.
6 Oct 2016The petitioner, Mohammed Ishak Kasim Ali Shaikh, contested the municipal election from Ward No.156 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, which was rese...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Election Tribunal's Order Declaring Election Void — Caste Certificate Validation by Scrutiny Committee Has Retrospective Effect, Election of OBC Candidate Upheld. The court held that the validation of a caste certificate after the election date does not invalidate the election as the validation relates back to the date of the certificate.
6 Oct 2016The petitioner, Mohammed Ishak Kasim Ali Shaikh, contested and won the election for councillor from Ward No.156 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, a...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Disqualification of Sarpanch and Upa-Sarpanch Under Maharashtra Local Authorities Members Disqualification Act, 1986 — Disqualification Order Set Aside for Violation of Principles of Natural Justice and Lack of Proper Application of Mind. The court held that the disqualification authority must apply its mind to the allegations and evidence, and pass a reasoned order; mere reproduction of complaint and absence of finding on voluntary giving up of membership renders the order invalid.
30 Nov -0001The petitioners, Ratnamala Ashokrao Shinde (Sarpanch) and Bandu Raghunath Panchlinge (Upa-Sarpanch) of Grampanchayat Palodi, were disqualified by the ...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Allows Appeals in Cricket Association Election Dispute — Interim Order Set Aside for Lack of Jurisdiction. Court holds that disputes relating to internal elections of a society are not maintainable in civil court without exhausting remedies under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
30 Nov -0001The case involves two appeals arising from a suit filed by Gopinath Munde against the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) and its office bearers, includi...
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