Bombay High Court Quashes Orders in Sarpanch Election Dispute — Criminal Miscellaneous Application Under Section 156(3) CrPC Held Not Maintainable for Challenging Election. The court held that the election of a Sarpanch can only be challenged by an election petition under Section 15 of the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1959, and not by a criminal miscellaneous application.
18 Oct 2019The petitioner, Santosh Vitthal Awate, filed a criminal writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging two orders: (1) an order dated 14 Decem...






