WRIT PETITION NO. 116 OF 2025
23 Apr 2025...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Overrules Full Bench: Post-Poll Aghadi Under Section 63(2B) of Maharashtra Municipal Councils Act Attracts Full Disqualification Regime Under Maharashtra Local Authority Members' Disqualification Act, 1986. The court held that the legal fiction in the proviso equates post-poll Aghadi with pre-poll Aghadi for all purposes, including disqualification for defection, and not merely for representation in subject committees.
16 Jul 2024The case involves a reference to a larger bench of the Bombay High Court to resolve a conflict regarding the interpretation of the second Proviso to S...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Disqualification of MLAs Under Tenth Schedule. Speaker's Order Upheld as Valid Exercise of Constitutional Authority Under Article 191(2) and Paragraph 2(1)(a) of Tenth Schedule.
2 May 2023The petitioner, Girish Chodankar, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging the order of the Speaker of the Goa Legislat...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petitions Challenging Election Notifications for Bhandara Urban Cooperative Bank Board of Directors. Court upholds validity of election programme under Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, finding no violation of statutory provisions or bye-laws.
29 Sep 2022The petitioner, Hiralal Bangadkar, filed four writ petitions challenging the election programme for the Board of Directors of the Bhandara Urban Coope...
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Supreme Court
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.
21 Jan 2020The 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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High Court
High Court of Karnataka Issues Judgment in W.A.No.1319/2018 and Connected Appeals Regarding Disqualification of MLAs for Defection. The Court Evaluates Whether Single Judge Erred in Directing Speaker to Decide Disqualification Petition Within a Fixed Time.
7 May 2018The Karnataka High Court division bench heard intra-Court appeals filed against the order dated 24.04.2018 of a single Judge in W.P. Nos. 12338-12339/...
High Court
High Court of Bombay at Goa Dismisses Congress Plea to Disqualify MLA Under Tenth Schedule Due to Resignation Before Speaker's Decision. Court Holds That Resignation Ousts Speaker's Jurisdiction and No Writ Under Article 226 Can Issue to Declare Disqualification.
11 Oct 2017The Indian National Congress and several of its MLAs filed a writ petition under Article 226 before the High Court of Bombay at Goa, seeking a declara...
High Court
Bombay High Court Upholds Disqualification of Municipal Councillor for Defying Party Whip Under Maharashtra Local Authority Members Disqualification Act, 1986. The Court held that the Petitioner's act of voting against the party whip constituted defiance, warranting disqualification under Section 3(1)(b) of the Act.
18 Jul 2014The Petitioner, Mrs. Sulabha Vijay Lokhande, was a Municipal Councillor in Panchgani Municipal Council, elected as an independent candidate in Decembe...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Disqualification of Sarpanch for Fourth Child Born After Cut-off Date Despite Child's Death. The birth of a live child after the cut-off date constitutes an increase in the number of children under Section 14(1)(j-1) of the Bombay Village Panchayats Act, 1958, and the subsequent death of the child does not attract the protection of the first proviso.
13 Jan 2012The petitioner, Dnyaneshwar Patiram @ Ratiraj Shirbhiye, was elected as Member and Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat Wadala on 28-8-2005. Respondent No.3, Go...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Dismisses Disqualification Petition Against Councillor for Merger of Municipal Party - Merger of Shivsena Municipal Party with NCP Municipal Party Valid Under Section 5(1)(c) of Maharashtra Local Authority Members' Disqualification Act, 1986 as Shivsena Had Only One Member in Corporation.
27 Apr 2011The petitioner, Sunil Supadu Mahajan, a municipal councillor of Jalgaon Municipal Corporation, filed two writ petitions challenging the dismissal of h...
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