Article 243U: Duration of Municipalities, etc

The Constitution of IndiaCentral Constitution · 1950

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(1) Every Municipality, unless sooner dissolved under any law for the time being in force, shall continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer: Provided that a Municipality shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard before its dissolution.

(2) No amendment of any law for the time being in force shall have the effect of causing dissolution of a Municipality at any level, which is functioning immediately before such amendment, till the expiration of its duration specified in clause (1).

Where this provision sits

Act	The Constitution of India
Article	243U
Marginal note	Duration of Municipalities, etc
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	3

Judgments that turned on this provision

WP/107900/2025 of SHRI. KHARORI MOHIDDIN ALTAF S/O MOHAMMED NOORULLAH KHAROORI Vs THE GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKAHigh Court of Karnataka · 2025-12-04
WP/106387/2025 of SRI ALLAUDDIN S/O HASANMIYA MANIYAR Vs THE STATE OF KARNATAKAHigh Court of Karnataka · 2025-11-10
SCA/1565/1997 of SAVITABEN MADHUKAR MAKIWANA Vs STATE OF GUJARATHigh Court of Gujarat · 1997-07-25

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