“They were perhaps further unable to come to terms with the reality that a female Sarpanch would make decisions on their behalf de jure and that they would have to abide by her directions,” the top court opined in the order granting relief to the woman.
Manisha Ravindra Panpatil, a lady Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat at Vichkheda village situated in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon District recently won a legal battle in the Supreme Court to restore her election after nearly four years of winning the elections. The Supreme Court set aside a Bombay High Court order that upheld her removal from the office of Sarpanch and said that the case seems to be a classic case where the residents of the village could not reconcile with the fact that the a woman was elected to the office of the Sarpanch of their village.
“They were perhaps further unable to come to terms with the reality that a female Sarpanch would make decisions on their behalf de jure and that they would have to abide by her directions,” the top court opined in the order granting relief to the woman.
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