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Supreme Court Allows Appeals Against Speaker's Inaction on Disqualification Petitions Under Tenth Schedule. The Court directed the Speaker to decide disqualification petitions within four months, holding that failure to act within reasonable time warrants judicial intervention.

The appeals arose from the 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly elections, which resulted in a hung assembly. The Indian National Congress won 28 seats, ...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Disqualification of Councilor Under Maharashtra Local Authority Members Disqualification Act, 1986 for Joining Rival Party. Newspaper Reports of Joining Shiv Sena Constitute Sufficient Evidence of Voluntarily Giving Up Membership Under Section 3(1)(a) of the Act.

The Petitioner, Mahesh Vishnupant Kothe, was a councilor of the Solapur Municipal Corporation elected in 2012 on an Indian National Congress ticket. H...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Disqualification of Councillors for Defection Under Maharashtra Local Authorities Members' Disqualification Act, 1986. Petitioners disqualified for remainder of term for voluntarily giving up membership of political party by joining rival party after election.

The judgment concerns two writ petitions filed by elected councillors of the Municipal Council, Loha, District Nanded, challenging their disqualificat...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Disqualification of Municipal Councillors for Defying Invalid Party Whip. Whip Issued by District President Not Binding Under Maharashtra Local Authority Members Disqualification Act, 1987.

The petitioners, Sahebrao Narayan Kharat, Bagwan Tamijabee Shaikh Ahmed, and Shaikh Khurshid Ahemad Gulam Jilani, were elected members of the Municipa...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Election of Directors of a Cooperative Society Under Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960 — Petitioner Failed to Establish Any Illegality or Irregularity in the Election Process.

The petitioner, Shri Parshuram Prabhakar Uparkar, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the election of dir...