https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=165464 A validating ordinance concerning the Cuttack municipal elections was upheld as a rational classification aimed at curing identified electoral defects and protecting other municipal elections from similar challenges. Section 4 was held not to offend Article 14 and effectively removed the basis of the earlier invalidation, so the elections were treated as valid. Section 5(1) was construed as saving actions taken after validation and was not repugnant under Article 254(2). The expiry of the temporary ordinance did not undo the legal consequences it had created, and the ordinance-making power was competent to address the effect of the earlier Article 226 judgment. en-us Fri, 22 Dec 1961 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 18:11:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=165464 A validating ordinance concerning the Cuttack municipal elections was upheld as a rational classification aimed at curing identified electoral defects and protecting other municipal elections from similar challenges. Section 4 was held not to offend Article 14 and effectively removed the basis of the earlier invalidation, so the elections were treated as valid. Section 5(1) was construed as saving actions taken after validation and was not repugnant under Article 254(2). The expiry of the temporary ordinance did not undo the legal consequences it had created, and the ordinance-making power was competent to address the effect of the earlier Article 226 judgment. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 22 Dec 1961 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=165464