Smita Subhash Sawant vs Jagdeeshwari Jagdish Amin And Ors

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision affirming the Small Causes Court's ruling that the election petition filed by respondent No.1 was within the limitation period prescribed under Section 33 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888. The Court clarified that the limitation period for filing an election petition begins from the date the election results are published, which in this case was 21.02.2012, making the petition filed on 28.02.2012 timely. The Court dismissed the appellant's contention that the petition was barred by limitation, thereby affirming the election petition's validity.