Nirmala Baburao Khairnar v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Municipal Council election, Deulgaon Raja, District Buldhana; Maharashtra State Election Commission revised election programme Schedule-I dated 29 November 2025; extension of nomination withdrawal deadline to 10 December 2025; challenge by local residents Nirmala Baburao Khairnar & Anr.; Bombay High Court Civil Appellate Jurisdiction; Division Bench of Shree Chandrashekhar, CJ and Gautam A. Ankhad, J.; writ petition dismissed 16 December 2025; related writ petitions 7508, 7512, 7517 of 2025 (Nagpur Bench); co-ordinate Bench order dated 2 December 2025 for combined publication of results on 21 December 2025; no statutory provisions or precedents cited; advocates: Balwant Salunkhe for petitioners, Neha S. Bhide GP, O.A. Chandurkar Addl. GP, G.R. Raghuwanshi AGP for State, Sachindra B. Shetye and Akshay Pansare for State Election Commission.
What did the court decide?
Extension of time through the revised election schedule would only benefit the candidates who intended to contest the election; accordingly, the writ petition challenging the revised election programme was dismissed.