PANCHAYAT ELECTIONS AND

DEMOCRACY:

RAJBALA CASE STUDY

 PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTION

• INTRODUCTION

• WHAT IS PANCHAYATI RAJ?

• DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLE FOR THE STATE TO FORM VILLAGE PANCHAYATS

 73RD AMENDMENT ACT
• ARTICLE 40 AND ARTICLE 246 OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION
• ABSENCE OF A UNIFORM STRUCTURE IN VILLAGE BODIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES (CDP)
• BALWANT RAI MEHTA COMMITTEE (1957) – 3 TIER SYSTEM
• OTHER COMMITTEES CONSTITUTED BY GOVT. OF INDIA
- HANUMANTHA RAO COMMITTEE

- L M SINGHVI COMMITTEE

- HARLAL SINGH KHARRA COMMITTEE

- P K THUNGAN COMMITTEE ETC.

• 64TH AMENDMENT BILL (1989)

• 73RD AMENDMENT UNDER THE PRIME MINISTERSHIP OF P.V.NARSIMHA RAO
• SALIENT FEATURES OF 73RD AND 74TH AMENDMENT ACT
 RAJBALA V STATE OF HARYANA

• INTRODUCTION
• HARYANA PANCHAYATI RAJ ACT, 2015
• EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS TO CONTEST ELECTIONS
• RIGHT TO VOTE AND CONTEST ELECTIONS
• IMPACT OF THE JUDGEMENT
• CONCLUSION
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