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Karnataka High Court Allows Councillors' Appeals Against Disqualification for Defection Under Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 — Holds That Disqualification Proceedings Must Be Initiated by the Competent Authority Within a Reasonable Time and That the Doctrine of Waiver Applies to Delay.

The case involves multiple writ appeals filed by councillors of various town municipal councils and town panchayats in Karnataka, who were disqualifie...

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Karnataka High Court Allows Appeals of Councillors Challenging Disqualification Orders in Election Dispute — Holds That Show-Cause Notice Must Contain Specific Allegations and That Disqualification Cannot Be Based on Non-Specified Grounds Under Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964.

The case involves a batch of writ appeals filed by councillors of various town municipal councils and panchayats in Belagavi district, Karnataka, chal...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Frivolous Writ Petitions Seeking Inclusion in Voters List as Abuse of Process. Petitioners Found to Have Filed Multiple Baseless Petitions with Suppression of Facts, Leading to Dismissal with Costs of Rs. 25,000.

The petitioners, Pushpa B.R., Sanjeevmurthy, Karthik S Murthy, and Annapoorna B.S., filed four writ petitions under Articles 226 and 227 of the Consti...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Notification Constituting Nagar Parishad at Nagbhid Under Section 3 of Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 — Petitioners Challenge Inclusion of Their Gram Panchayats in Municipal Area Without Mandatory Inquiry and Hearing.

The petitioners, six women sarpanches of various gram panchayats in Nagbhid taluka, challenged the notification dated 11/4/2016 issued by the State of...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Challenge to 50% Women Reservation in BMC Elections — Amendment to Section 5A of BMC Act Upheld as Valid Policy Decision. Reservation for Women in Local Bodies Permissible Under Article 243T and Not Violative of Basic Structure.

The petitioner, Kapoorchand Durgaprasad Gupta, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the amendment to Secti...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Inclusion of Scheduled Areas in Palghar Municipal Council Limits. Court holds that notification under Municipalities Act prevails over earlier scheduled area declaration.

The petitioners, residents and members of Gram Panchayats of revenue villages Aliyali, Tembhode, Lokmanya Nagar, Vevoor, and Gholveera, filed a writ p...