Appointment Of Non-Elected Member Of Corporation As Mayor: Calcutta HC Upholds Amendment To Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act [Read Judgment]

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9 Jan 2019 1:15 PM IST

""The concept that, a non-elected member is appointed to a post of governance, on the condition that, such person gets himself elected to the elected body, within a time frame specified, is ingrained in the Constitution itself. There is nothing in the Constitution to suggest that, the three tier governments as introduced by Part IX or Part IXA or Part IXB cannot accommodate such a concept."

The Calcutta High Court on Friday upheld the validity of the amendment to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980, permitting elected councillors of the corporation to appoint any individual as the Mayor, subject to such individual getting elected within a period of six months from the date of his initial appointment.One Belquis Begum had challenged the vires of the amendment introduced...

Appointment Of Non-Elected Member Of Corporation As Mayor: Calcutta HC Upholds Amendment To Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act [Read Judgment]

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