https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306799 Section 26(1)(c) of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act was upheld as a valid municipal disqualification measure, as the Legislature was competent to prescribe exclusions to protect electoral integrity and the challenge under Article 14 failed. On the construction of "other authority," the majority held that, in this municipal election context, the expression carries a broad meaning comparable to Article 12 and includes Government companies under deep and pervasive governmental control. Employees of Bharat Earth Movers Limited and Indian Telephone Industries Limited were therefore treated as holding an office of profit under an other authority and stood disqualified from contesting as Councillors; the dissent preferred a narrower reading and would have excluded Government company employees. en-us Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 16:31:34 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306799 Section 26(1)(c) of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act was upheld as a valid municipal disqualification measure, as the Legislature was competent to prescribe exclusions to protect electoral integrity and the challenge under Article 14 failed. On the construction of "other authority," the majority held that, in this municipal election context, the expression carries a broad meaning comparable to Article 12 and includes Government companies under deep and pervasive governmental control. Employees of Bharat Earth Movers Limited and Indian Telephone Industries Limited were therefore treated as holding an office of profit under an other authority and stood disqualified from contesting as Councillors; the dissent preferred a narrower reading and would have excluded Government company employees. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306799