Supreme Court of India
Vijay v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the High Court was correct in its view.
Judgment, page 6
From the headnote
Panchayats : Bombay Village Panchayats Act, 1958 Section /4(/)(J-2)-Member of Panchayat subsequently elected as councillor-Held: He is disqualified from holding the post of member by virtue of amendment to Section 14(/)(J-2) c Section /4(I)(J-2)-Amended provision-Whether prospective or retrospective in effect-Held: Plain reading of the amended provision clearly shows that it was intended by legislature to have retrospective effect-Thus, bar created to hold the post of member of Panchayat would bring within its purview not only those persons who would be members of Panchayat in future but also
Where later benches applied it
- 2021 Puneet Sharma & Ors. Etc v. Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd. & Anr. Etc.
- 2013 Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Regulatory Commission and Another v. Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board
- 2012 N.K. Bajpai v. Union of India and Anr.
- 2025 M/s Suraj Impex (india) Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2021 Manish Kumar v. Union of India and Another
Of those, 3 relied on · 2 referred to
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