Supreme Court of India

Ganesh Sukhdeo Gurule v. Tahsildar Sinnar & Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 14 S.C.R. 914
Bench A. K. Sikri, Ashok Bhushan and S. Abdul Nazeer JJ.
Decided 10 December 2018

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the time limit of six months prescribed in the two provisos to Section 9A of the said Act, within which an elected person is required to produce the Va lidity Certificate from the Scrutiny Committee is mandatory.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1959 – s.35(3) – Majority for holding no- confidence motion – Comput ation of – Respondents moved a no-confidence motion against the ap pellant – Special meeting of Gram Panchayat for considerati on of no- confidence motion was held and out of 9 members of the Gram Panchayat only 8 members were present in the meeting – 6 membe rs voted in favour of the motion and 2 members opposed to it – 1 member who voted in favour of no-confidence motion was not qualified to vote, so only 5 valid votes were voted in fav our of no- confidence motion – No confidence motion

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