Supreme Court of India

Atma Singh & Ors. v. State of Punjab & Ors.

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Reported as [1981] 3 S.C.R. 340
Bench Y.V. Chandrachud. C, A.P. Sen and V. Balakrishna Eradi JJ.
Decided 2 April 1981

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Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, read with Election Rules, 1952 and Delimitation of Wards of Municipalities Rules, 1972-State Government notifies inclusion of certain local areas within the limits of Sunam Municipality under sub-section (3) of section 5 of the Act-Operation of the notification stayed by the High Court and, ther~fore, the State Government without reconstituting the Municipality into new wards held elections on the basis of the old municipal limits in view of the obliga­ tory proviso to sub-section (3) of section 13 of the Act inserted by Punjab Act IO of 1978 as amended by Punjab

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