Maharashtra Local Authority Members Disqualification Rules, 1987

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…

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…