最高法院撤销了马哈拉施特拉邦部长取消民选市议员资格的决定。 Supreme Court quashes Maharashtra minister's decision to disqualify elected municipal councillors.

最高法院表示，市政府的民选成员不能被公务员或其政治主子的任意罢免，并强调市政府是基层民主机构。 The Supreme Court has stated that elected members of municipalities cannot be removed at the whims and fancies of civil servants or their political masters, emphasizing that municipalities are grass-root level democracy institutions. 法院推翻了马哈拉施特拉邦城市发展部长取消民选议员/公职人员资格的决定，裁定该决定“不公平、不公正，且基于无关的考虑”。 The court quashed the decision of the Maharashtra Urban Development Minister, who disqualified elected councillors/office-bearers, ruling that the action was "unfair, unjust, and founded upon irrelevant considerations."