<p>The High Court on Thursday ordered notices to Mayor B N Manjunath Reddy and Deputy Mayor Hemalatha Gopalaiah in a writ appeal, challenging the single bench order allowing legislators and parliamentarians to vote in mayoral elections.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The appellants, Manjunath Raju, corporator from Kadu Malleswara ward and others, had challenged the single bench order. They had questioned the Constitutional validity of Section 7 of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976, which talks about the constitution of the Corporation, enabling MPs and legislators to vote in the mayoral elections.<br /><br />The petitioners had said Section 7 of the KMC Act violates Article 243 (R) of Indian Constitution by treating MPs, MLAs and MLCs on a par with corporators. Notices were ordered to the state and the BBMP. A division bench comprising Chief Justice S K Mukherjee and Justice Ravi Malimath ordered the notices and adjourned the hearing.</p>
<p>The High Court on Thursday ordered notices to Mayor B N Manjunath Reddy and Deputy Mayor Hemalatha Gopalaiah in a writ appeal, challenging the single bench order allowing legislators and parliamentarians to vote in mayoral elections.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The appellants, Manjunath Raju, corporator from Kadu Malleswara ward and others, had challenged the single bench order. They had questioned the Constitutional validity of Section 7 of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976, which talks about the constitution of the Corporation, enabling MPs and legislators to vote in the mayoral elections.<br /><br />The petitioners had said Section 7 of the KMC Act violates Article 243 (R) of Indian Constitution by treating MPs, MLAs and MLCs on a par with corporators. Notices were ordered to the state and the BBMP. A division bench comprising Chief Justice S K Mukherjee and Justice Ravi Malimath ordered the notices and adjourned the hearing.</p>
