Part IX · CHAPTER VI.—SUBORDINATE COURTS
Article 243O Bar to interference by courts in electoral matters.
This article keeps courts out of Panchayat election mechanics. The validity of laws on delimitation and seat allotment cannot be questioned in court. An election to a Panchayat cannot be called in question except through an election petition to the authority the State law provides. Election disputes stay inside the process the law builds.
- Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution,— (a) the validity of any law relating to the delimitation of constituencies or the allotment of seats to such constituencies, made or purporting to be made under article 243K, shall not be called in question in any court; (b) no election to any Panchayat shall be called in question except by an election petition presented to such authority and in such manner as is provided for by or under any law made by the Legislature of a State.
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This article keeps courts out of Panchayat election mechanics. The validity of laws on delimitation and seat allotment cannot be questioned in court. An election to a Panchayat cannot be called in question except through an election petition to the authority the State law provides. Election disputes stay inside the process the law builds.