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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 Petitions Challenging Section 9A of Maharashtra Municipal Councils Act Requiring Caste Validity Certificate for Councillors. Provision Held Valid as It Is a Reasonable Classification to Prevent Fraud on Reservation and Does Not Violate Articles 14 and 243T.

The petitioners, elected councillors of Jalna Municipal Council from reserved categories, challenged the constitutional validity of Section 9A of the ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals Against High Court Orders Interdicting Statutory Deemed Termination Under Section 5B of Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act. High Court Cannot Suspend Legal Fiction of Retrospective Termination for Failure to Submit Caste Validity Certificate Within Prescribed Period.

The Supreme Court considered two appeals arising from a common judgment of the Bombay High Court dated 02.04.2019, which had allowed writ petitions fi...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Amendment Introducing Multi-Member Wards and Multiple Votes in Municipal Elections — Amendment to Section 5 of BPMC Act and Section 10 of MMC Act Valid as Intra Vires the Constitution.

The judgment concerns two writ petitions filed by Vinayak Bhiva Bhilare and Miss. Vaishali Chandane challenging Act No. XXVI of 2011, which amended Se...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Election of Corporators for Non-Compliance with Reservation Rotation Policy. Failure to rotate reserved seat for Scheduled Caste women violates Article 243T of the Constitution and Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949.

The petitioner, Priya Shivaji Gadade, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the election of respondents 1 t...

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Supreme Court Stays Local Body Elections in Tamil Nadu Over Delimitation and Reservation Issues. Delimitation Must Precede Elections to Ensure Constitutional Compliance Under Part IX of the Constitution.

The Supreme Court was hearing a batch of applications and writ petitions concerning local body elections in Tamil Nadu. The lead appellant, Dravida Mu...