High Court Quashes Government Resolution Mandating Sarpanch as Ex-officio President of Village Development Committees under Bombay Village Panchayat Act, 1958. Gram Sabha's exclusive power to constitute Village Development Committees under Section 49 of the Bombay Village Panchayat Act, 1958, and the prohibition against removal of members before term expiry under Section 49(8) render the impugned Government Resolution invalid.
24 Aug 2010The judgment of the Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, delivered on 24 August 2010, dealt with a batch of eight writ petitions that challenged a Governm...




