Maharashtra Local Authority Members Disqualification Act, 1986

The case concerned the formation of a post‑poll "aghadi" (front) by councillors of the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation after municipal elections. The petitioners argued that the second proviso to sub‑section (2) of Section 31A of the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, 1949 allows the creation of an aghadi or…

The appellants were elected as independent councillors to the Mahabaleshwar Devasthan Municipal Council in December 1996. Shortly after the election they formed a front called Mahabaleshwar Giristhan Nagar Parishad Shahar Vikas Aghadi and nominated a candidate for the council's president, issuing a whip to its members.…

The case concerned the constitution of the Standing Committee of Latur City Municipal Corporation and the election of its Chairman under the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949. Because of an Election Commission "code of conduct" the corporation could not complete the statutory steps for retiring eight members…

In the Amravati Municipal Corporation election of 2012, 23 councillors formed an "aghadi" (group) and elected Avinash Gulabrao Mardikar as its leader. In 2014, the General Secretary of the Nationalist Congress Party sought to replace Mardikar with Sunil Haribhau Kale, and the Divisional Commissioner approved the change…

The appellants were elected as councillors of Bhor Municipal Council on the ticket of the NCP, later left the party and formed a new political front. Respondents filed a disqualification petition under the Maharashtra Local Authority Members Disqualification Act, 1986, alleging that the appellants had voluntarily given…

The Supreme Court examined a dispute arising from the 2012 elections to the Akola Municipal Corporation where a post‑poll group (aghadi) called Mahanagar Sudhar Samiti was formed by elected councillors. The group applied for registration under the second proviso of Section 31A(2) of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporatio…

The appellant, Sau. Sangeeta, was elected as Gatneta (Group Leader) of the INCPS Party, a Panchayat Samiti party formed by four elected members of the Shrirampur Panchayat Samiti, in a 2017 meeting chaired by the Ahmednagar District INC President. The meeting resolution gave the District President the power to change t…