The case relates to the validity of Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Vishakha Raut’s Other Backward Classes (OBC) caste certificate. The civic commissioner had also informed the Maharashtra govt to notify her disqualification from contesting elections for six years

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation concluded elections for chairpersons of five ward committees for the 2026–27 term. Candidates from Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiv Sena and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen secured key posts, with three candidates elected unopposed