Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949

In a municipal corporation election, the petitioner alleged irregularities in the counting process, including failure to show ballot papers before bundling, improper identification of invalid votes, and that a prize announced for the returning officer caused haste. The Small Causes Court ordered a recount, which the Hi…

The case concerned the election of a Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation. The incumbent Mayor and Deputy Mayor issued a notice for a meeting on 1 June 1988, but the Mayor later cancelled the notice and directed a postponement, after which a minority of councillors met and elected new officers.…

The Gujarat Agro Industries Co. Ltd. owned properties in Ahmedabad and were served with property tax demand notices. It appealed the assessments under Section 406(1) of the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949, which requires the appellant to deposit the disputed tax before the appeal is heard. Section 40…

The Surat Textile Market Cooperative Society Ltd constructed a textile market with a revolving restaurant on the 14th floor, accessed by a lift that was used exclusively by restaurant patrons. The Municipal Corporation of Surat assessed property tax under the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949, and incl…

The first respondent, a Junior Engineer in Aurangabad Municipal Corporation, was transferred to the Planning Department, promoted to Town Planner on probation in June 1998 and confirmed in May 1999. In August 2002 the Municipal Commissioner deleted his name from the seniority list of Deputy Engineers and, the next day,…

The Chairman of the Standing Committee of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) feared a delay in elections to the new municipal body whose term was due to expire on 15 October 2005, and filed a writ petition seeking a mandamus directing the State Election Commission and the State Government to hold elections before th…

The Supreme Court examined whether Gujarat's municipal tax provisions could levy a tax on mobile telephone towers. The petitioners (Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation) argued that mobile towers are not "land or building" under Entry 49 of List II of the Seventh Schedule, rendering the tax ultra‑violet. The Court interpret…

Swastik Rubber Products Ltd. and others sought exemption from octroi duty on raw materials under the Municipal Corporation of Poona's rule 5(8) of the 1962 Octroi Rules, which required that the industrial concern be situated in an area demarcated as an "industrial estate or area" by the corporation. The corporation ref…

The appellants, Hinsa Virodhak Sangh and associated butchers, challenged two resolutions of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation that ordered the closure of municipal slaughter houses for nine days during the Jain Paryushan festival, alleging violations of their fundamental rights to trade (Art. 19(1)(g)), equality (Art…

The case concerned a 3,450‑sq‑metre plot (FP No.110) in Pune that was originally reserved for a garden and later for a primary school under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 (MRTP Act). After the land was acquired, the developer, who was the son‑in‑law of the then Chief Minister, obtained a developme…

The Municipal Corporation of Pune collected octroi duties from the Poona Cantonment under a 1963 schedule of octroi rules, which the respondents challenged as illegal. The Supreme Court examined whether the 1881 Government Notification authorising octroi collection allowed rates and articles to be varied over time, and…

The appellants, owners of land in Surat, challenged the acquisition of their property for a vegetable market initiated by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) under Section 78 of the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949. They argued that the later Gujarat Agricultural Produce Market Act, 1963, a special …