In Brief
The Supreme Court examined the constitutional validity of 2022 amendments to Maharashtra's municipal corporation and local body statutes that transferred delimitation authority from the State Election Commission to the State Government. While granting the writ petitions in part, the Court held that approximately 2,486 overdue local body elections across Maharashtra must proceed immediately using pre-amendment delimitation boundaries as a notional framework. The Court directed the State Election Commission to notify election programmes within two weeks and clarified that proper reservations for SCs/STs and OBCs must be maintained. The constitutional validity challenge remains pending for final determination, with all interim actions remaining subject to that outcome.
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