Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Limitation Ruling in Municipal Election Dispute — Election Petition Filed Within 15 Days of Gazette Publication Under Section 33 of Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888. The Court held that the limitation period for filing an election petition under Section 33 of the Act commences from the date of publication of the list of elected candidates in the Government Gazette, not from the date of declaration of result in Form 21K.
9 Feb 2015The petitioner, Smita Subhash Sawant, was declared elected as a Councillor from Ward No. 76 in the General Election of 2012 for the Bruhan Mumbai Muni...
