https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185168 Section 1(5) of the Orissa Municipal Act, 1950 was read as expressly permitting elections to be held after assent but before territorial commencement, and that express scheme was held to cover all necessary preparatory steps such as fixing the poll date, determining qualifications, redistributing wards, and reserving seats; the pre-commencement election action was therefore valid. Section 16(1)(ix), which disqualified a legal practitioner employed by or acting against the municipality, was upheld because the classification rested on a real distinction based on conflict between interest and duty, served the legitimate object of preserving purity in public life, and imposed only a reasonable restriction on candidature rather than a general bar on legal practice. en-us Thu, 25 Nov 1954 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 16:51:53 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185168 Section 1(5) of the Orissa Municipal Act, 1950 was read as expressly permitting elections to be held after assent but before territorial commencement, and that express scheme was held to cover all necessary preparatory steps such as fixing the poll date, determining qualifications, redistributing wards, and reserving seats; the pre-commencement election action was therefore valid. Section 16(1)(ix), which disqualified a legal practitioner employed by or acting against the municipality, was upheld because the classification rested on a real distinction based on conflict between interest and duty, served the legitimate object of preserving purity in public life, and imposed only a reasonable restriction on candidature rather than a general bar on legal practice. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 25 Nov 1954 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185168