Supreme Court · 1965 INSC 18 · Decided 3 February 1965
Ram Dial and Others v. The State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1965 INSC 18 · [1965] 2 S.C.R. 858
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 300/1964
- Decided
- 3 February 1965
- Bench
- K.N. WANCHOO, M. HIDAYATULLAH, J.C. SHAH, J.R. MUDHOLKAR, S.M. SIKRI (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 32
Headnote
A B Punjab Municipalities Act (Ill of 1911), s. 14(e)-Power l>f. Govern­ ment to remove member in public interest_;_No provision for haring-­ Similar power under •· 16(1) subject to hearing-Whether •· 14(e) C violative of Art. 14-.r. 14 giving power to Government whether unconstitutionaL The appellants, who bad been elected members of the Mnnidpal Committee, Batala, challenged the Notification issued under s. 14(e) <A the Punjab Municipalities Act (III of 1911) directing their -ai and disqualifying them from election for '3 period of one year.
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