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The petitioner, Gulab Jethanand Chawala, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, seeking permission to withdraw the petition and instead pursue a revision under Section 154 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. The petitioners argued that a revision would …
The petitioners, a cooperative society and its members, challenged an order of the Maharashtra State Co‑operative Appellate Court that set aside a lower court’s dismissal of an election dispute and held that many of the alleged members were not validly admitted. The dispute centered on whether names …
The Dhule Nandurbar District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd, through its chairman, filed a writ petition challenging an order dated 08.03.2016 issued by the Divisional Joint Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Nashik under Section 81(3)(b) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. The …
The petitioner, a member of a cooperative society, challenged an interim order dated 22 February 2019 issued by the Assistant Registrar under Section 102(i)(c)(ii) and (iv) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, which directed the winding up of the society and appointment of a …
Rahul Ganpat Jaware filed a writ petition challenging an order and sought to contest it by filing a revision under Section 154 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. The petitioner’s counsel, Satyajit S. Bora, argued that the order was amenable to revision. The Court observed that the …
The petitioner, Sarangdhar Wawman Dike, challenged an order of the District Co‑operative Election Officer that rejected his objection to the nomination of respondent 5 as the delegate of respondent 3 (a co‑operative society) for the election of the Aurangabad District Central Co‑operative Bank. The …
Sahebrao Mohanrao Autade filed a writ petition challenging an order that deleted his name from the provisional and final voters list for the election of Aurangabad District Central Co‑operative Bank Ltd. The deletion was based on an objection by another society member who claimed the resolution …
Sahebrao Mohanrao Autade filed a writ petition challenging an order that deleted his name from the provisional and final voters list for the election of Aurangabad District Central Co-operative Bank Limited. The deletion was based on an objection by another respondent alleging that the resolution …
The petitioners challenged an order of the District Co‑operative Election Officer that deleted the name of Bharat Deshmukh, nominated as delegate of a member society of the Aurangabad District Central Co‑operative Bank, from the provisional voters list. The society had passed a resolution on …
The petitioners challenged an order by the District Co‑operative Election Officer that excluded their names from the provisional voters list for the Aurangabad District Central Co‑operative Bank election. They argued that a resolution passed on 29‑02‑2024 admitted them as members, and that the …
Vijay, a member of Seva Sahakari Society, challenged the inclusion of his society’s delegate in the voters list for the Nanded District Central Co‑operative Bank election, alleging that the society was in default of dues on the eligibility cut‑off date of 03‑04‑2026. The respondent District …
Gajanan, a member of Seva Sahakari Sanstha (Society 1), filed a writ petition challenging the inclusion of his Society’s delegate in the voters list for the Nanded District Central Co‑operative Bank election. The petitioner argued that the Society was a defaulter on the eligibility cut‑off date of 3 …
Avadhhoot, a member of Seva Sahakari Sanstha (Respondent No.1), objected to the inclusion of his society’s delegate in the voters list for the Nanded District Central Co‑operative Bank election, arguing that the society was a defaulter on the eligibility cut‑off date of 03‑04‑2026. The District …
The petitioners, Kisan Vitthal Borate and others, filed a writ petition seeking a direction that the Divisional Joint Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Nashik, decide their appeal under Section 152 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 within a fixed period. Their earlier applications …
Ankush Rangnath Kale filed a writ petition challenging the order that upheld the rejection of his nomination in the election of a sugar cooperative (Karkhana). The Returning Officer had rejected his nomination on the ground that he failed to comply with the society’s bye‑law clause 26(1)(E)(4) and …
The petitioners challenged an order dated 10.02.2026 by the Cooperative Election Officer that rejected their objection to the inclusion of respondents Nos. 4 to 48 in the voters' list. They sought to withdraw the writ petition and instead pursue a post‑election dispute before the Cooperative Court …
The petitioner challenged the order dated 01.07.2026 of the Returning Officer who rejected his objection and accepted the nomination of respondent No.3 for the election of the Nanded District Central Co‑operative Bank. The objection alleged that the experience certificate submitted by respondent …
Satish Manjabapu Naik, claiming to be a member of Undirgaon Pragat Bagaytdar Vividh Karyakari Society, filed a writ petition under Article 226 challenging a communication dated 15‑06‑2026 and a circular dated 16‑06‑2026 issued by the Maharashtra State Cooperative Election Authority and the District …
The petitioner is a guarantor for loans advanced by Baramati Co-operative Bank to Samarth Enterprises and its partners. The borrowers had an existing cash credit facility of Rs. 1.5 crore from 2016-17, and in 2021 the bank sanctioned a term loan of Rs. 2 crore and further cash credit facility. After …
The petitioners, legal representatives of a deceased borrower, challenged the auction and sale of land that had been recovered by a cooperative society under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act after the borrower defaulted on a loan. The society had issued a recovery certificate under Section …
The petitioners, legal representatives of a deceased borrower, challenged the auction and sale of land that had been recovered by a co-operative society under Section 107 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act after the borrower defaulted on a loan. The society had issued a recovery …
The petitioners challenged the District Election Officer's order rejecting their objection to delete the name of Respondent No.7 from the voters list for the Ahmednagar District Central Co-operative Bank election. They argued that two members of the Managing Committee of their society were …
The petitioner, Ahmednagar Jilha Prathamik Shikshan Sahakari Bank Ltd (through its director), challenged the order dated 12 September 2018 of the Divisional Joint Registrar Co‑Societies, Nashik, which dismissed its revision of an inquiry conducted under Section 83 of the Maharashtra Co‑operative …
Kavita Prakash Lakare filed a writ petition challenging an attachment order issued by Shri Balasaheb Satbhai Merchants Co-operative Bank Ltd. The petitioner claimed that the land in dispute was transferred to her before the bank obtained an order under Section 88 of the Maharashtra Co-operative …
Petitioner Rajendra Gupte filed a dispute under Section 91 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 seeking a declaration and perpetual injunction for the refund of deposits made to a co-operative society. The Co-operative Court rejected his application for a temporary injunction, holding …
The petitioners challenged the rejection of their nominations by the Election Decision Officer on the ground that they could not satisfy bye‑law 40(a) of the cooperative bank, which required maintaining a minimum deposit of Rs 50,000 for a continuous year, because the Reserve Bank of India had …
The petitioners challenged the rejection of their nominations by the Election Decision Officer on the ground that they could not satisfy bye‑law 40(a) of the cooperative bank, which required maintaining a minimum deposit of Rs 50,000 for a continuous year, because the Reserve Bank of India had …
Shrimant Vitthal Pujari, the Chairman of a cooperative society, challenged a no‑confidence motion passed against him by filing a writ petition. The Assistant Registrar, Co‑operative Societies, declared the chairmanship vacant and ordered elections to commence. The Court held that this declaration is …
Six members of the managing committee of Shri Gopalkrishna Gramin Bigarsheti Sahakari Patsanstha, Dapoli, applied for anticipatory bail after an FIR (Crime No. 162 of 2026) was lodged alleging loan‑sanction irregularities and offences under several IPC sections and the Maharashtra Co‑operative …
Six members of the managing committee of Shri Gopalkrishna Gramin Bigarsheti Sahakari Patsanstha, Dapoli, applied for anticipatory bail after an FIR (Crime No. 162 of 2026) was lodged alleging loan‑sanction irregularities and offences under several IPC sections and the Maharashtra Co‑operative …
Six members of the managing committee of Shri Gopalkrishna Gramin Bigarsheti Sahakari Patsanstha, Dapoli, applied for anticipatory bail after an FIR (Crime No. 162 of 2026) was lodged alleging loan‑sanction irregularities and offences under several IPC sections and the Maharashtra Co‑operative …
Six members of the managing committee of Shri Gopalkrishna Gramin Bigarsheti Sahakari Patsanstha, Dapoli, applied for anticipatory bail after an FIR (Crime No. 162 of 2026) was lodged alleging loan‑sanction irregularities and offences under several IPC sections and the Maharashtra Co‑operative …
Six members of the managing committee of Shri Gopalkrishna Gramin Bigarsheti Sahakari Patsanstha, Dapoli, applied for anticipatory bail after an FIR (Crime No. 162 of 2026) was lodged alleging loan‑sanction irregularities and offences under several IPC sections and the Maharashtra Co‑operative …
The petitioner in Writ Petition No. 4532 of 2026 challenged the Returning Officer's order dated 07.09.2026 upholding Respondent No.7's objection to his appointment as representative of Respondent No.6 co-operative society. The society's term had expired on 19.12.2022, but the outgoing committee …
These two writ petitions concerned representation and elections in co-operative societies. Writ Petition No.4534 of 2026, filed by Maan Taluka Sahakari Kharedi Vikri Sangh Maryadit, was dismissed because the petition memo lacked any averment regarding the resolution and authorization to prosecute, …
Six members of the managing committee of Shri Gopalkrishna Gramin Bigarsheti Sahakari Patsanstha, Dapoli, applied for anticipatory bail after an FIR (Crime No. 162 of 2026) was lodged alleging loan‑sanction irregularities and offences under several IPC sections and the Maharashtra Co‑operative …
Jayashri Annasaheb Khot, a member of a cooperative society, sought inspection of documents relating to the society's transactions. The Assistant Registrar allowed the request, but the Divisional Joint Registrar dismissed a subsequent revision, leading the society to obtain a ministerial order that …
The High Court considered an anticipatory bail application filed by Kisan Shripati Galave, a director of a cooperative society, after an FIR was lodged based on an audit alleging misappropriation of Rs.4.97 crore through unauthorised loan disbursements. The applicant contended that he was merely a …
The petitioners, a cooperative society, sought a direction for the State Co-operative Election Authority to declare the election programme after the Administrator deposited the statutory amount. The court noted that the Administrator had been in office for nearly ten years, creating urgency for a …
The petitioner, Dhopeshwar Co‑op Society (Fishery), challenged a common order dated 19‑Oct‑2018 by the Commissioner of Fisheries which confirmed the cancellation of its registration and initiated action under Section 21A of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960. The court examined whether …
The Bombay High Court considered a series of writ petitions filed by directors, expert directors, relatives and others of Rupee Co‑operative Bank Ltd seeking relief from an order dated 2 February 2016 made by the Authorized Officer under Section 88 of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, …
The Bombay High Court considered a series of writ petitions filed by directors, expert directors, relatives and others of Rupee Co‑operative Bank Ltd seeking relief from an order dated 2 February 2016 made by the Authorized Officer under Section 88 of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, …
The Bombay High Court considered a series of writ petitions filed by directors, expert directors, relatives and others of Rupee Co‑operative Bank Ltd seeking relief from an order dated 2 February 2016 made by the Authorized Officer under Section 88 of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, …
The Bombay High Court considered a series of writ petitions filed by directors, expert directors, relatives and others of Rupee Co‑operative Bank Ltd seeking relief from an order dated 2 February 2016 made by the Authorized Officer under Section 88 of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, …
The Bombay High Court considered a series of writ petitions filed by directors, expert directors, relatives and others of Rupee Co‑operative Bank Ltd seeking relief from an order dated 2 February 2016 made by the Authorized Officer under Section 88 of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, …
The Bombay High Court considered a series of writ petitions filed by directors, expert directors, relatives and others of Rupee Co‑operative Bank Ltd seeking relief from an order dated 2 February 2016 made by the Authorized Officer under Section 88 of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, …
The Bombay High Court considered a series of writ petitions filed by directors, expert directors, relatives and others of Rupee Co‑operative Bank Ltd seeking relief from an order dated 2 February 2016 made by the Authorized Officer under Section 88 of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, …
The Bombay High Court considered a series of writ petitions filed by directors, expert directors, relatives and others of Rupee Co‑operative Bank Ltd seeking relief from an order dated 2 February 2016 made by the Authorized Officer under Section 88 of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, …
The Bombay High Court considered a series of writ petitions filed by directors, expert directors, relatives and others of Rupee Co‑operative Bank Ltd seeking relief from an order of the Authorized Officer dated 2 February 2016 made under Section 88 of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960 …
The ALJ Residency Co‑operative Housing Society challenged the Deputy Registrar’s order granting membership to Gehlot Development Services for a basement unit, arguing that the premises are a common amenity, not a ‘flat’, and that the petition bypassed the statutory revision remedy. The court …
The petitioner, a cooperative housing society formed in 1995 for plots 2 and 3, challenged the order dated 18 March 2014 by the Minister of Cooperation which deregistered the society under Section 21A of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960. The deregistration was based on an alleged …
The Nutan Sayali Co-operative Housing Society, formed in 1995 for plots 2 and 3, was deregistered by the State Minister under Section 21A of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act after a former promoter (Respondent No.4) alleged misrepresentation because plot 2 was not mentioned in the …
The petition filed by Dhananjay Bhaskar Rane, a member of Mathura Bhavan Co‑op. Hsg. Soc. Ltd., challenged the order of the Divisional Joint Registrar that set aside the Assistant Registrar’s removal of the society’s managing committee members and the appointment of an authorized officer under the …
The petition filed by Dhananjay Bhaskar Rane, a member of Mathura Bhavan Co‑op. Hsg. Soc. Ltd., challenged the order of the Divisional Joint Registrar that set aside the Assistant Registrar’s removal of the society’s managing committee members and the appointment of an authorized officer under the …
The petitioners, Dolly Satish Kapoor and Saroj Arvind Modi, were members of a Tenant Co‑partnership Society and faced removal orders under Section 154B‑9 of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960. They contended that the shares they purchased in 1982 and 1999 were transferred without …
The petitioners, Dolly Satish Kapoor and Saroj Arvind Modi, were members of a Tenant Co‑partnership Society and had purchased flats in 1982 and 1999 respectively. The Deputy Registrar ordered their removal from the Society’s membership under Section 154B‑9 of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies …
The petitioner, Sanjay Pandurang Kalate, sought the Court's permission to withdraw his writ petition and obtain liberty to file an appeal against an order passed under Section 88 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 before the State Government. The Court considered whether such …
The petitioner, Nilesh Madhav Jadhav, filed a writ petition seeking promotion relief against The Sassoon Hospital Employees Co‑op Credit Society Ltd. and others. The High Court examined whether it had jurisdiction to entertain the petition, noting that writ jurisdiction is limited to actions of the …
The Zoroastrian Radih Society, a charitable trust, entered individual sale agreements with flat purchasers that contain an arbitration clause. The purchasers later formed the Behramshah Shroff Building Co‑operative Housing Society, which failed to execute a lease deed and to pay ground‑lease rent, …
The Zoroastrian Radih Society, a charitable trust, entered individual sale agreements with flat purchasers that contain an arbitration clause. The purchasers later formed the Behramshah Shroff Building Co‑operative Housing Society, which failed to execute a lease deed and to pay ground‑lease rent, …
The Zoroastrian Radih Society, a charitable trust, entered individual sale agreements with flat purchasers that contain an arbitration clause. The purchasers later formed the Behramshah Shroff Building Co‑operative Housing Society, which failed to execute a lease deed and to pay ground‑lease rent, …
The Zoroastrian Radih Society, a charitable trust, entered individual sale agreements with flat purchasers that contain an arbitration clause. The purchasers later formed the Behramshah Shroff Building Co‑operative Housing Society, which failed to execute a lease deed and to pay ground‑lease rent, …
The Zoroastrian Radih Society, a charitable trust, entered individual sale agreements with flat purchasers that contain an arbitration clause. The purchasers later formed the Behramshah Shroff Building Co‑operative Housing Society, which failed to execute a lease deed and to pay ground‑lease rent, …
The Zoroastrian Radih Society, a charitable trust, entered individual sale agreements with flat purchasers that contain an arbitration clause. The purchasers later formed the Behramshah Shroff Building Co‑operative Housing Society, which failed to execute a lease deed and to pay ground‑lease rent, …
The Zoroastrian Radih Society, a charitable trust, entered individual sale agreements with flat purchasers that contain an arbitration clause. The purchasers later formed the Behramshah Shroff Building Co‑operative Housing Society, which failed to execute a lease deed and to pay ground‑lease rent, …
The petitioners, owners of flats A-1801 and A-1802 in a cooperative society, filed a writ petition challenging the society's claim for maintenance charges and interest. The society (Respondent No.5) sought to recover amounts deposited by the petitioners, while the petitioners contested the quantum. …
The Salsette Catholic Cooperative Housing Society Ltd., owner of plots in the Kantwadi Scheme, challenged an order of the Deputy Registrar that granted provisional membership to Grace Pinto (Respondent No.3) under Section 22(2) of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960. The Society argued …
The petitioners filed multiple writ petitions seeking interim protection, alleging that the appeals they lodged against enquiry reports issued under Section 88 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 were not being heard. The court observed that the appeals were filed after a substantial …
The petitioners filed multiple writ petitions seeking interim protection, alleging that the appeals they lodged against enquiry reports issued under Section 88 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 were not being heard. The court observed that the appeals were filed after a substantial …
The petitioners filed multiple writ petitions seeking interim protection, alleging that the appeals they lodged against enquiry reports issued under Section 88 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 were not being heard. The court observed that the appeals were filed after a substantial …
The petitioners filed multiple writ petitions seeking interim protection, alleging that the appeals they lodged against enquiry reports issued under Section 88 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 were not being heard. The court observed that the appeals were filed after a substantial …
The petitioners filed multiple writ petitions seeking interim protection, alleging that the appeals they lodged against enquiry reports issued under Section 88 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 were not being heard. The court observed that the appeals were filed after a substantial …
The petitioners filed multiple writ petitions seeking interim protection, alleging that the appeals they lodged against enquiry reports issued under Section 88 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 were not being heard. The court observed that the appeals were filed after a substantial …
The Official Liquidator of Sonal Garments India Pvt. Ltd. sought to register the transfer of Office Unit No. 134‑A, sold at a Company Court‑monitored auction to Rohstoffe International Pvt. Ltd. for Rs. 2.65 crore. The State of Maharashtra demanded a transfer premium calculated on the Ready Reckoner …
Harshal Pramod Sarfare filed a writ petition challenging the disqualification of ten managing committee members of a cooperative society, ordered under Section 89A and Section 75 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. The Deputy Registrar had disqualified the members for two years for …
The petitioners sought a writ directing the Assistant Registrar of Co-operative Societies to implement the recommendations of an inquiry report made under Sections 78 and 78A of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, which arose from an inquiry under Section 83. The State, represented by …
The petitioners challenged the Registrar's order dated 19 December 2019 and the Minister's confirmation dated 17 March 2021 that de‑registered the Vashi Fantasia Business Park Premises Co‑operative Society under Section 21A of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, alleging misrepresentation at …
The petitioners, Chandrakant Mandavkar and another, challenged the order dated 12 February 2026 of the Joint Registrar, Co-operative Societies, which rejected their revision application against the Deputy Registrar’s order disqualifying the society’s chairman, secretary and treasurer for five years …
The petitioners challenged the Registrar’s order dated 19 December 2019 and the Minister’s confirmation dated 17 March 2021 that de‑registered the Vashi Fantasia Business Park Premises Co‑Operative Society under Section 21A of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960 on the ground of alleged …
The petitioners challenged the Registrar's order dated 19 December 2019 and the Minister's confirmation order of 17 March 2021 which de-registered the Vashi Fantasia Business Park Premises Co‑Operative Society Ltd. on the ground of alleged misrepresentation at registration. The petitioners argued …
Amol Goje purchased Flat No.10 of the Satyawadi Sahakari Co‑op. Housing Society and, together with the former member Hirabai Shinde, applied to the Pune Collector for transfer of society membership. The Collector approved the transfer on 25‑02‑2014 subject to payment of a fee and a condition that …
The petitioner, Siddiq Abu Mohammad, challenged an order of the Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies dated 01.08.2025, which under Section 101 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 declared a debt of Rs. 4,89,214 payable to Indra Co-operative Credit Society. He alleged cheating …
The petitioner, Siddiq Abu Mohammad, challenged an order of the Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies dated 01.08.2025, which under Section 101 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 declared a debt of Rs. 4,89,214 payable to Indra Co-operative Credit Society. He alleged cheating …
The petitioner challenged the order of the Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Pune, who, under Section 77A of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, appointed an administrative committee after resignations created a lack of quorum in the managing committee. The court held that …
The petitioners, members of Le Chateau Co‑operative Housing Society, challenged the society’s resolution that allotted flat Nos.701 and 702 to directors of the contractor Jet Speed Developers and later also allotted flat Nos.801 and 802 to the same directors, alleging the resolutions were passed …
The Malkapur Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., a cooperative bank under liquidation, filed a writ petition challenging two orders of the Trial Court that directed it to deposit Rs 15,00,000 as commission fee for a Court Commissioner appointed to take possession of 167 flats under the SARFAESI Act. The …
The petitioners, Lalit Solanki and others, challenged a order dated 16 September 2026 by the Deputy Registrar of Co‑operative Societies K‑East Ward that disqualified the entire managing committee of their society under Section 154B‑23(1)(iii) of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act for not …
The petitioner challenged the Deputy Registrar's failure to act under Section 77A of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, after the managing committee's strength fell below the quorum required for valid meetings. The Court found no dispute that a provisional committee was necessary to …
Flying Earth LLP, a limited liability partnership, was appointed developer by Date Bungalow Cooperative Housing Society Ltd (the Society) for redevelopment of its building after a majority vote and approval by the Deputy Registrar. A Development Agreement dated 22 March 2025 containing an …
The petitioner, Yogesh Subhash Jamdar, challenged a revision order that dismissed his application seeking a longer disqualification of the society’s Chairman and Secretary under Section 75(5) of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960. The Deputy Registrar had originally disqualified the …
The petitioners, Shilan Thaker and others, challenged a revision order dated 17 July 2026 issued by the Divisional Joint Registrar, which had set aside a disqualification order of the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of a cooperative society made by the Deputy Registrar under Sections 75(5) and 77A …
The Wadala Heights Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. challenged the Assistant Registrar's order appointing an enquiry officer under Section 83 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act and the subsequent order under Section 88, alleging that the enquiry was perfunctory. The Society had conducted …
The petitioners, including Pushpak Car Rentals Pvt. Ltd. and Geeta R. Pandit, challenged the execution of a recovery certificate by a credit society while their revision applications were pending before the District Deputy Registrar. They alleged that the certificate was issued ex‑parte and that …
The petitioners, Pushpak Car Rentals Pvt. Ltd. and Geeta R. Pandit, challenged the execution of a recovery certificate by a credit society while revision applications were pending before the District Deputy Registrar. They alleged that the recovery order was passed ex‑parte and that they had no …
Petitioner Dilip Pandurang Thopte challenged an order dated 8 September 2026 issued by the Joint Registrar, Co-operative Societies (Dairy), Mumbai under Section 152 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. The High Court examined whether the writ petition was maintainable given that a …
The petitioner filed a writ petition seeking a direction that the State of Maharashtra, as Respondent No.1, decide an application filed under Section 78A of the Maharashtra Co‑Operative Societies Act, 1960 for the appointment of an administrator to address alleged maladministration in a cooperative …
Lt. Colonel Vikram Ramswaroop Bakshi filed a writ petition challenging an order dated 9 April 2026 issued by the Divisional Joint Registrar, Pune Division, which partially allowed Appeal No. 51 of 2026 and set aside the report of an Inquiry Officer made under Section 88 of the Maharashtra …
The Maharashtra State Co‑Operative Bank filed a writ petition seeking to quash a order dated 01‑06‑2023 that imposed stamp duty on a lease deed dated 01‑08‑2016. The bank relied on a notification dated 14‑03‑1980 issued by the Agriculture and Co‑Operation Department, which exempts stamp duty on …
The petitioner, New Sujata Co‑operative Housing Society, challenged the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai’s (MCGM) approval of a proposal by Respondent No.4 to change the use of a building from residential to commercial and to alter three ground‑floor flats, invoking Section 342 of the …
The petitioner, Beau Monde Plot No.1 Co‑operative Housing Society, sought a deemed conveyance of its proportionate share in a common layout comprising Plots 1, 2 and 3, after the District Deputy Registrar rejected its application. The original developer sold Plot 1 to the developer who built a …
The petition, filed by the wife of Pravinkumar B. Nahata who is the Sabhapati of the Maharashtra State Co‑operative Marketing Federation, challenged a notice dated 11‑09‑2026 convening a special meeting to consider a motion of no‑confidence against him. The petitioner argued that the notice, served …
The Swa‑Griha Co‑operative Housing Society Ltd. (Petitioner) challenged the registration of a separate society, Atharva CHS Ltd. (Respondent No.4), for Wings A and B of its building. The Deputy Registrar had granted registration despite the existence of the original society, a decision affirmed by …
The petitioner, Nidhi Kashyap, challenged an order dated 1 April 2026 issued by the Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies granting a certificate under Section 154B-29 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. The High Court examined whether the writ petition was the appropriate …
The Shantiniketan Industrial Premises Cooperative Society Ltd. was registered in 2009 based on a proposal signed by 20 promoters, many of whom were the same persons or entities. Respondent No.3 (Dipti Builders) appealed the registration, arguing that the application did not satisfy the requirement …
The petitioners, members of Everard Co-operative Housing Society, challenged the jurisdiction of the Co-operative Court to hear disputes arising from special general body meetings (SGBMs) convened to discuss the society's redevelopment. The lower courts had returned the disputes to a civil court, …
The petitioners, members of Everard Co-operative Housing Society, challenged the jurisdiction of the Co-operative Court to hear disputes arising from special general body meetings (SGBMs) convened to discuss the society's redevelopment. The lower courts had returned the disputes to a civil court, …
The petitioners, members of Everard Co‑operative Housing Society, challenged the jurisdiction of the Co‑operative Court to hear disputes arising from special general body meetings (SGBMs) convened to discuss redevelopment of the society’s property. The lower courts had returned the disputes to a …
The petitioners, members of Everard Co‑operative Housing Society, challenged the jurisdiction of the Co‑operative Court to hear disputes arising from special general body meetings (SGBMs) convened to discuss redevelopment of the society’s property. The lower courts had returned the disputes to a …
The petition challenges a judgment of the Co‑operative Court that ordered the petitioner and the co‑operative society to hand over peaceful possession of tenement D‑5 to respondent‑1, a member of the society. The petitioner claims ownership of the tenement through a chain of unregistered sales …
The petitioners sought to set aside the order of the Divisional Joint Registrar dismissing their revision application concerning a cooperative housing society membership and alleged non‑payment of consideration for a flat. The registrar had condoned an eight‑year delay in filing the revision and …
The petitioners, Ashish Doodhnath Mishra and others, sought a stay of a June 8, 2026 order that disqualified the entire managing committee of a cooperative society under Sections 75(5) and 82(4) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. The Divisional Joint Registrar rejected the stay …
The Bombay High Court examined three writ petitions challenging the manner in which the Competent Authority had granted deemed conveyance of land to four cooperative housing societies in a multi‑building layout where the developer had used varying amounts of base FSI and transferred TDR. The …
Ghanshyam Sitaram Bidawatka, a serial litigant, challenged the Deputy Registrar's order dated 21 April 2026 that dissolved the managing committee of a cooperative society under Section 77A(b‑1) of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960, and appointed an authorised officer. The order was …
The petitioners sought membership in Mharal Samudayik Sahakari Sheti Sanstha Maryadit under Section 23(2) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. The Deputy Registrar granted their applications on 24 July 2017, but the Divisional Joint Registrar reversed that decision on 3 November …
The petitioners sought membership in Mharal Samudayik Sahakari Sheti Sanstha Maryadit under Section 23(2) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. The Deputy Registrar granted their applications on 24 July 2017, but the Divisional Joint Registrar reversed that decision on 3 November …
Lt. Col. Vijay Kumar Gautam (Retd.) filed a writ petition seeking vacation of a stay that had been granted ex‑parte in Revision Application No. 416/2025 under Section 154 of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960. The stay had been granted by the Divisional Joint Registrar, Cooperative …
The petitioners, who were office bearers of a cooperative society, challenged the disqualification order passed by the Deputy Registrar under Section 76(2) of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960. The society was undertaking redevelopment and several special general body meetings (SGBMs) …
The petitioners Hitesh Pipalia and others filed a writ petition challenging an order dated 1 September 2026, which granted a stay to an earlier order dated 20 August 2026 issued by the Assistant Registrar under Section 76(2) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. The Division Joint …
The petitioners challenged their disqualification as managing committee members of a cooperative society, ordered by the Deputy Registrar under Sections 75(5) and 78A of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. The Deputy Registrar had issued a show‑cause notice limited to the audit …
The Raj Garden Co‑Operative Housing Society (petitioner) claimed ownership of CTS Nos. 128A/40, 128A/40/1 and 128A/40/2 in Kandivali and sought to be impleaded in a suit filed by Mahendra Arjun Shinde (respondent No.1) against the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (respondent No.2) challenging …
The petitioners, who were Chairman and Secretary of a Maharashtra cooperative society, challenged a special meeting held on 9 December 2025 that adopted a motion of no confidence and removed them from office. The motion was passed by a 5‑to‑2 majority of the seven members present, but two of those …
The petitioners, who were Chairman and Secretary of a Maharashtra cooperative society, challenged a special meeting held on 9 December 2025 that adopted a motion of no confidence and removed them from office. The motion was passed by a 5‑to‑2 majority of the managing committee, but two members who …
The petitioners, Mahesh Chaumal and another, challenged an order dated 31 August 2026 by the Deputy Registrar appointing an Authorised Officer over their cooperative society under Section 77A of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. They feared the appointment would lead to the society’s …
The cooperative housing societies filed a suit seeking joint ownership and conveyance of recreation grounds and an internal access road, claiming rights under the Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act, 1963. The defendants, including Wallace Flour Mills Ltd. and two charitable trusts, moved to dismiss the …
The cooperative housing societies filed a suit seeking joint ownership and conveyance of recreation grounds and an internal access road, claiming rights under the Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act, 1963. The defendants, including Wallace Flour Mills Ltd. and two charitable trusts, moved to dismiss the …
The three cooperative housing societies filed a suit seeking joint ownership of a recreation ground, internal road and FSI advantage, invoking the Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act, 1963 and the 1964 MOF Rules. The defendants, including Wallace Flour Mills Ltd. and two charitable trusts, moved to …
The cooperative housing societies filed a suit seeking joint ownership and conveyance of common amenities (recreation ground and internal road) and FSI benefits, relying on the Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act, 1963 and the Maharashtra Apartment Ownership Act, 1970. The defendants, including Wallace …
The plaintiff, a Maharashtra co‑operative housing society, sued a member for allegedly breaching its by‑laws by entering into a development agreement to construct a multi‑storey building on a plot allotted for private residence. The member sought to have the plaint returned to the co‑operative court …
The plaintiff, a Maharashtra co‑operative housing society, sued a member for allegedly breaching its by‑laws by entering into a development agreement to construct a multi‑storey building on a plot allotted for private residence. The member sought to have the plaint returned to the co‑operative court …
The petitioner, Mahesh L. Chandiramani, filed a writ petition challenging the order of the Co-operative Appellate Court which dismissed his appeal against a Co-operative Court order dated 10 June 2024. The earlier order had rejected his application for an interim stay to prevent Opponent Nos.4, 5, 7 …
The petitioner, Vikram Misra, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution seeking (a) a direction to the Deputy Registrar to determine maintenance dues for the period 1 April 2010 to 30 April 2023, (b) admission to a cooperative society as a member from the date of his …
The petitioner, Kaluram Govind Gulavi, challenged a Recovery Certificate dated 26 May 2023 issued by the Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies against him. The certificate sought recovery of Rs.4,32,558 and the petitioner had already deposited Rs.3,00,000 in the High Court as interim security. …
The Nirmal Township A Co-operative Housing Society filed a civil revision challenging two orders dated 14 May 2026 passed by the Joint Civil Judge, Pune. The first order rejected its application under Order VII Rule 11 of the CPC, contending that the suit concerning a deemed conveyance under Section …
Nine members of a co‑operative society sought a mandamus directing the Deputy District Registrar to hear their objections to the society's redevelopment process. The petitioners alleged non‑disclosure of information, but the court noted that the General Body meeting minutes showed a majority …
The Rajyog Heights Co‑operative Housing Society resolved to demolish its 1987 building and appointed Jag Builds Realty Pvt Ltd to redevelop the premises. Four society members (Defendants 1‑4) obstructed the work, prompting the plaintiff to sue for a declaration that the society’s resolutions are …
Shailaja Girish Gaste, an authorised officer of Cielo Co‑operative Housing Society, filed a writ petition challenging a communication dated 20 July 2026 sent by the District Special Auditor to the Senior Police Inspector, which sought criminal action based on an audit report under Section 81 of the …
The petitioners purchased three auctioned units, including unit 1A, and sought membership in a co‑operative society. The Deputy Registrar, invoking Section 22(2) of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, ordered the society to grant membership for unit 1A, which the society complied with. …
The petitioners, Kasturchand Ramina and Anr, challenged the orders of the Divisional Joint Registrar dismissing their Revision Application No.86 of 2018 and Appeal No.10 of 2018, which contested an Inquiry Officer's report under Section 88 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act concerning …
The petitioners, members of Saujanya Co-operative Housing Society, challenged the rejection of their dispute (CCT 201 of 2024) by the Cooperative Court and the Cooperative Appellate Court, which had dismissed the dispute under Order VII Rule 11(d) of the CPC on the ground that it was barred by …
Ms. Sarina Lopez, a member of the Wahedna Cooperative Housing Society, challenged an order dated 26‑08‑2016 issued by the Deputy Registrar under Section 79(3) of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960, which imposed a daily penalty of Rs.100 on the society’s Chairman/Secretary, Neville …
The petitioners, members of Dhanlakshmi Co‑operative Housing Society, were levied a penalty of Rs 15,45,730 for allegedly parking a bicycle in the staircase for eleven years. The society issued recovery proceedings under the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, which the Deputy Registrar …
The Bombay High Court heard appeals by the co‑operative society, its developer and the project‑management consultant against an interim injunction that restrained the society from proceeding with its redevelopment plan. The plaintiffs, two senior members of the society, alleged that the land was …
The petitioners challenged the order of the Minister dismissing their revision application and confirming the Divisional Joint Registrar’s order that apportioned losses of a credit society against them. They alleged that the Enquiry Officer, Appellate Authority and Revisional Authority had not …
The petitioner challenged the Deputy Registrar’s order dated 5 August 2026 which replaced the certified auditor with a committee that included members who were disqualified under the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act. The petitioner argued that the appointment was illegal, arbitrary, and …
The Ashwini Heights Cooperative Housing Society Ltd. (the Society) challenged the order of the Divisional Joint Registrar that granted membership to Jyoti Nitin Lunia and Nitin Balchandji Lunia (the respondents) as owners of a basement godown. The godown was originally sold with Shop No.8 to Prakash …
Petitioners Subhash Tukaram Patil & Ors. filed a writ petition seeking a direction to the Deputy Registrar, Co‑operative Societies, Thane (West) to decide their repeated applications filed as complaints under Sections 154B‑8 read with 154B‑23(1) and Section 27(1) of the Maharashtra Co‑operative …
The Deshmukh Homes Complex Co‑operative Housing Society Association Ltd. (the Federation) sued Vardhman Park Building No 18 Co‑operative Housing Society Ltd. (Respondent 1) under Section 101 of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960 for non‑payment of maintenance dues. The Deputy Registrar …
The petitioners challenged the 2022 order of the Divisional Joint Registrar confirming the Assistant Registrar’s 2018 decision denying them membership of a cooperative society in Unit No.515. The Court traced the history of the unit, noting an original 1995 order granting membership, subsequent …
The petitioners sought a direction to the Collector to register a consent decree conveying a shop premises to them without requiring a No‑Objection certificate from the co‑operative society that owned the land. The decree, dated 16 December 2022, had been stamped and sealed, and the petitioners were …
The petitioners challenged an order dated 10 August 2026 by the Assistant Registrar of Co‑operative Societies which disqualified the entire managing committee of a cooperative society under Section 82(4) of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act for failing to submit audit rectification reports …
The Sind Co‑Operative Housing Society filed a writ petition challenging an order of the Divisional Joint Registrar that directed it to issue No‑Objection Certificates (NOCs) for the assignment of leasehold rights in Plot No. 524. The plot had been jointly leased to Respondent No. 3 and Respondent …
The petition challenged the order of the Divisional Joint Registrar dismissing a revision of an application for transmission of membership in a co‑operative society. Respondent No. 3 sought membership of Gala No. 37 after his father’s death, produced NOCs from his siblings, but one brother later …
The petitioner challenged the de‑registration of a cooperative society, contending that the number of genuine signatures on the registration proposal satisfied the statutory requirement. The High Court observed that the petitioner has an alternative remedy of filing a revision under Section 154 of …
The petitioners, Mahendra Patil and another, challenged a revision order dated 9 April 2026 issued by the Divisional Joint Registrar of the Co-operative Societies, Pune, which had set aside an earlier order of the Assistant Registrar rejecting Respondent No.3's application for disqualification of …
The petitioners, led by Nanda Takwane, were personal guarantors for a loan taken by Siddheshwar Industries Pvt. Ltd. (SIPL) and faced recovery actions under the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960 (Section 101 and Section 156) including notices for attachment of mortgaged property. They …
The petitioners, who stood as guarantors for a loan taken by Mr. Pravin Kailashchandra Dubey, challenged an attachment order issued by the Assistant Registrar of Co-operative Societies on 13 October 2021. They did not contest the recovery certificate under Section 154(2A) of the Maharashtra …
The petitioners, guarantors of a loan, challenged the Divisional Joint Registrar's order dismissing their revision and confirming an attachment order issued by the Assistant Registrar under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act. They argued that a No Objection Certificate had been issued by the …
The petitioner, Mohanbhai Khanchandani, challenged the rejection of his application for membership in a cooperative society under Section 22(2) of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960, asserting that he had acquired ownership of Flat No. B‑3 through an agreement dated 17 September 2001. …
The petitioner, Mohanbhai Khanchandani, challenged the rejection of his application for membership in a cooperative society under Section 22(2) of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960, asserting that he had purchased Flat No. B‑3 through an agreement dated 17 September 2001. The …
The cooperative society Raghuleela Megamall filed a writ petition challenging the Deputy Registrar’s order dated 2 March 2019 that appointed an enquiry officer under Section 83 of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960, on the basis of a complaint by a single member, Mr. L.B. Tiwari. The …
The petitioner, a member and former managing‑committee member of Lok Nisarg Co‑operative Housing Society, claimed the society failed to furnish a CD/video recording of the Special General Meeting (May 2023) and the Annual General Meeting (Sept 2023) despite his written complaints. Relying on …
The petitioners obtained six loans of Rs 20 lakh each from a cooperative credit society, totalling Rs 1.2 crore, by using five relatives as co‑borrowers. After default, the society sought recovery under Section 101 of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960, and the Deputy Registrar issued …
The petitioners obtained loans of Rs.20,00,000 each from a cooperative credit society, totalling Rs.1,20,00,000, by involving five relatives as borrowers. After default, the society sought recovery under Section 101 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, and the Deputy Registrar issued …
The petitioner, Jagannath Laxman Jadhav, sought a stay of recovery proceedings initiated by Shri Kulswami Co‑Op Credit Society Ltd. under a Recovery Certificate issued pursuant to Section 101 of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960, after defaulting on a loan of Rs 50 million. He claimed …
The Padmavati Nagar Co‑operative Housing Society resolved to terminate its developer and, during a special meeting of its Managing Committee on 15 April 2026, passed a no‑confidence motion against its Chairman (Petitioner No.2). The motion was adopted by six votes out of nine members present, and …
The Bombay High Court initiated suo motu proceedings pursuant to the Supreme Court's direction in Yash Developers v. Harihar Krupa Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. to conduct a performance audit of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971. The Court heard the …
The petitioners challenged a recovery certificate issued by the Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies, alleging that they were falsely shown as guarantors for several working capital overdraft facilities of Konark Urban Cooperative Bank and that the bank’s documents were forged. They claimed …
The petitioners challenged a recovery certificate issued on 18 November 2019 by the Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Ulhasnagar, alleging that they were falsely shown as guarantors for Working Capital Overdraft facilities of Konark Urban Cooperative Bank and that the bank’s documents were …
The petitioners challenged a recovery certificate issued on 18 November 2019 by the Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Ulhasnagar, alleging that they were falsely shown as guarantors for Working Capital Overdraft facilities of Konark Urban Cooperative Bank and that the bank’s documents were …
The petitioners challenged a recovery certificate issued by the Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies, alleging that they were falsely shown as guarantors for several working capital overdraft facilities of Konark Urban Cooperative Bank and that the bank’s documents were forged. They claimed …
The petitioner, a member of a co‑operative housing society, claimed entitlement to a newly constructed flat (Flat No. 703) as permanent alternate accommodation after redevelopment, alleging that the developer and the society wrongfully handed possession of the flat to the petitioner's son, a …
The writ petition filed by Mrs. Asha Ashok Nabar had been pending for over twelve years. During this period, the petitioner applied separately to the competent authority for registration of Jagruti Cooperative Housing Society Ltd., Thane (East), and the authority, under the Maharashtra Co-operative …
The Jagdamba Co-operative Housing Society (the Society) entered into negotiations with M/s Parisparsh (the Developer) for redevelopment of the Society's dilapidated building, issuing a Letter of Intent (LOI) on 29‑05‑2021 and obtaining individual consents from its members by April 2022. Although a …
The Bombay High Court heard an appeal by Jagdamba Co‑operative Housing Society Ltd (the appellant) against an order of the Civil Judge (Senior Division), Kalyan, which had granted a temporary injunction in favour of M/s Parisparsh (the plaintiff) restraining the society from creating development …
The Bombay Shoe‑Shine Workers Co‑Op. Society Ltd., a cooperative society registered under the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, sought to quash the Central Railway’s 2018 Shoe‑Shine License Policy and to compel the railway to renew its licence without a tender, alleging that the policy …
The petitioner, Rekha Mehta, filed a civil writ petition seeking relief against the State of Maharashtra and others. The petitioner’s counsel argued that she possessed substantive alternate statutory remedies under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, which are efficacious. The …
The petitioner, Kartik Regency Co-operative Housing Society Ltd., filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 challenging the Deputy Registrar's order rejecting its application for deemed conveyance under Section 11 of the Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act, 1963. The Society claimed that the …
The appellants, Shashin Patel and Bhavini Patel, heirs of the original occupier of Flat No.7 in Malboro House Co‑operative Housing Society, sought admission as members of the Society by paying the required contribution many years after the Society’s formation. Their application was initially …
The petitioner, Rajesh Tansen Katwe, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging actions of the State of Maharashtra and others. During the proceedings, the petitioner's counsel sought permission to withdraw the petition and to pursue the matter under the Maharashtra Co-operative …
The petitioner, Hemant Jagannath Rajwade, filed a writ petition seeking relief against the State of Maharashtra and other respondents. He later applied to the High Court for leave to withdraw the petition and to be permitted to pursue his grievance before the competent authority constituted under …
The petitioners, Digambar Vishwanath Wade and others, challenged the rejection of their application under Section 98 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. While the petition was pending, Respondent No.2 issued an order under Section 88 on 24 February 2025 and an appeal under Section …
The plaintiff, a member of a cooperative society, obtained a loan from the society and created a charge on his ancestral agricultural land. He later sold the land to his nephew/son‑in‑law (defendant 1) on 2 Nov 1971 without repaying the loan or obtaining the society’s consent, and defendant 1 …
The appellant society applied to register as a new Primary Agricultural Credit Co-operative Society (PACCS) but the Scrutiny Committee rejected the application on grounds of lack of financial viability and failure to meet statutory criteria. The State of Maharashtra, exercising its discretion under …
The case concerned a slum rehabilitation project in Lower Parel, Mumbai, where a developer and a minority group of hutment dwellers (Sayunkta Sangharsh Samiti) entered into a private Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to allocate flats in towers D, E and F exclusively to the society members, …
The appellant, a shareholder and former director of Seva Vikas Co-operative Bank, filed FIR No. 806 of 2019 alleging financial fraud by the bank's chief executive and former chairperson based on a forensic audit report. The Bombay High Court quashed the FIR, holding that Section 81(5B) of the …
The Maharashtra cooperative society, engaged in sugar production, sought to delete about 2,000 members under Section 11 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, alleging they did not meet the bye‑law eligibility criteria. The Regional Joint Director (Sugar) issued an omnibus show‑cause …
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (East‑I) challenged two notices issued by the Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) under Section 299 of the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act, 1888, seeking possession of land that formed part of the regular street line. The appellant argued that the notices were invalid …
The borrower, a director of Vaishnavi Hatcheries, defaulted on loans from two cooperative banks and mortgaged four properties. After a recovery certificate was issued, the appellant bank conducted a public auction, issuing a sale certificate and deed in favour of the highest bidder. The borrower …
The Maharashtra State Co‑operative Bank Ltd. (the Bank) took possession of mortgaged property of Vainganga Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. (the Karkhana) after the Karkhana defaulted on a loan and later sold the property to Wainganga Sugar and Power Ltd. The Karkhana’s employees obtained a recovery …
The Goa State Cooperative Bank Ltd., appointed as liquidator of the Goa State Cooperative Fisheries Federation Ltd., filed 156 recovery suits against defaulting members for loans advanced by the Society. While many of these suits were stayed pending appeals, the Society’s winding‑up was deemed …
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) initially resolved in 1997 to allot 13,700 sq.mtr of land to a proposed co‑operative housing society of its employees, but the allotment lapsed because the society failed to fulfil the conditions. In 2003 the Authority, relying on a 1999 …
The Supreme Court examined whether receipts such as non‑occupancy charges, transfer charges and common‑amenity‑fund contributions received by a premises cooperative society from its members are taxable as business income or exempt under the doctrine of mutuality. The Court held that the doctrine of …
The case concerned the rehabilitation of about 800 slum dwellers in Mumbai who owned the land through a cooperative society. Susme Builders (the appellant) and J.G. Developers (respondent No.4) each claimed to have the consent of at least 70% of the eligible slum dwellers required under the …
Petitioner Pratibha Ramesh Patel filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution challenging the constitutionality of sections 2, 12 and 15(a) of the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012, which incorporated cooperative societies within the …
The petitioners sought an interim order declaring that the acquisition of a "cessed" building by MHADA under Chapter VIII‑A of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act, 1976 was no longer necessary, as the landlord and tenants had entered into a development agreement while the substantive …
The appellants complained that the Karkhana sugar factory had enrolled 6,617 persons who did not meet the eligibility criteria under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. After the Commissioner of Sugar failed to act, a writ petition led to an inquiry by the Regional Joint Director, who …
The plaintiffs, Margret Almeida & Ors., filed two suits against the Bombay Catholic Co-operative Housing Society Ltd., which the trial judge held maintainable and granted an interim order of status quo. The Division Bench of the Bombay High Court, relying on Section 91 of the Maharashtra …
The appellants, tenant members of a housing co‑operative society, filed suits in the Bombay High Court seeking declaration that a resolution to sell society land and the subsequent conveyance to third parties were illegal and void. The respondents argued that the suits were barred by Sections 91 and …
The appellant, a Mahila cooperative society, challenged the award of a contract for supplying fortified blended food under the Integrated Child Development Scheme, arguing that the eligibility criteria in the Expression of Interest (EOI) were arbitrary and that the contract period should be limited …
Kalabharati Advertising, an advertising hoarding firm, had obtained permission from a society and the Municipal Corporation to erect a hoarding in Mumbai. A public interest litigation led the High Court to form a committee that found the hoarding violated certain guidelines, prompting the …
