Supreme Court stays Municipal Corporation elections process in Gujarat
September 04, 2015
New Delhi/Vadodara
Supreme Court today stayed the election process of Municipal Corporation and Municipalities in Gujarat in response to a case filed by Raju Samant and others vs. Gujarat Government and others today. Petitioner Raju Samrat is voter of ward 1 in Vadodara. He is backed by Congress leadr Narendra Ravat.
Bench of Justice J.Chelameswar and Abhay M Sapre issued notice to Government of Gujarat asking why multi member ward election concept should not be scrapped?
Gujarat government has to reply the notice in 15 days.
Petitioners claimed that multi member ward election(4 Councillors to be elected from each ward) violates fundamental rights of reservation and representation.
On petitioner’s side, the case is being fought by former union minister and Congress leader Kapil Sibbal, Harin Raval, Anirrudh Sharma and Huzefa A Ahemdi .
Elections for 6 municipal corporations in Gujarat were expected to be declared next week, and to be held next month.
– DeshGujarat
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