State Cannot Dissolve Municipality Without Fair Hearing; Purulia Civic Board's Dissolution Set Aside: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has set aside the West Bengal Government's decision dissolving the Board of Councillors of the Purulia Municipality, holding that the action violated the principles of natural justice and failed to comply with the mandatory requirements of Section 431 of the West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993. The Court ruled that an elected municipal body cannot be dissolved on the basis of an inquiry report that was never…