State Act

THE ODISHA MUNICIPAL ACT, 1950

37. Bar to interference by Courts in election matters :– No election of a 2[3(* * *) Councillor shall be called in question in any court except under the procedure provided by this Act and the Rules, if any, made thereunder and no orders passed by the Tribunal in any proceeding under this chapter for hearing of an election petition shall be called in question in any Court and no Court shall grant an injunction– (i) to postpone an election of a 2[3( * * *) Councillor] or (ii) to prohibit a person declared to have been duly elected under this Act, from taking part in the proceedings of the municipality of which he has been elected a 2[3(* * *) Councillor] or (iii) to prohibit a 2[3( * * *) Councillor] formally elected to a municipality from entering upon his duties.