Supreme Court of India · 2014-03-28
Usha Bharti vs State Of U.P. & Ors
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2014 SUPREME COURT 1686
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Usha Bharti
- Respondent
- State Of U.P. & Ors
- Author
- Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla
- Bench
- Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's dismissal of the review petition concerning the no-confidence motion against the appellant as Adhyaksh of the Zila Panchayat under Section 28 of the U.P. Kshettra Panchayat & Zila Panchayat Act, 1961. The Court emphasized that the motion was valid as it was signed by the requisite number of members, thus affirming the procedural correctness of the Collector's notice. The Court held that the appellant's claims regarding the genuineness of signatures were not substantiated, leading to the dismissal of the appeal.