India, March 28 -- In an important legal development centred on the enforcement of Maharashtra's two-child norm for elected representatives, the civil court (senior division) in Belapur has temporarily restrained BJP-backed independent corporator Bharat Krishna Bhoir from performing his official duties after finding a prima facie case in an election petition challenging his eligibility.

The ex-parte ad-interim order was passed on March 25 by Civil Judge (Senior Division) KN Phatangare during the hearing of an election petition filed by Savita Lagade, Shiv Sena corporator from Ward 20A (Turbhe).

The petition seeks Bhoir's disqualification under Sections 10(1)(i) and 11 of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949, which bars indiv...