Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960

The Supreme Court examined two appeals challenging the elections to the Boards of Directors of Nasik Merchants Co‑operative Bank Ltd. and Parbhani District Co‑operative Bank Ltd. The election programmes issued by the Collectors failed to specify that two seats were reserved under Section 73B of the Maharashtra Cooperat…

The Maharashtra State Cooperative Housing Finance Corporation, a cooperative society, dismissed its employee Prabhakar Sitaram Bhadange for alleged misconduct. Bhadange challenged the dismissal before the Cooperative Court, which the corporation contested on the ground that the Court lacked jurisdiction under Section 9…

The dispute concerned a cooperative housing society for LIC employees where the respondent, Sujata Makhija, claimed to be a depositor who had paid Rs.4,750 and attended the 18‑December‑1988 meeting, opting for Plot No.2. The appellant, Shivkishan, was allotted the same plot despite an interim injunction. The Supreme Co…

Marine Times Publications Pvt. Ltd., a member of a Maharashtra cooperative society, agreed to sell its office premises to Shriram Transport and Finance Co. Ltd., a non‑member, subject to the society’s approval. The society refused approval, prompting the buyer to file a suit in the Cooperative Court under Section 91 of…

The appellants, a central specified cooperative society, challenged the order of the Collector that set the election schedule after the final electoral roll had been published, arguing that the preparation of the voters' list was not part of the election process and therefore could not be reviewed by an election tribun…

The Bombay Catholic Co‑operative Housing Society resolved in 1966 to redevelop its Willingdon East land, allocating 161 flats to allottee‑members and 69 to tenant‑members. After decades of litigation, the Society passed a 2009 resolution and executed a conveyance to a developer for Rs 70 crore, which the tenant‑members…

The Supreme Court considered an appeal by N. Bhatnagar, who occupied flat No. 52 in Shyam Niwas under a leave‑and‑licence agreement with a co‑partner member of Shyam Cooperative Housing Society. After the licence was terminated in 1965, the society and the member sought his eviction under section 91(1) of the Maharasht…

The elected directors of Sanjay Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. requisitioned a special meeting of the Board to consider a no‑confidence motion against the Chairman. The Registrar issued notice of the meeting only to the elected directors, omitting the nominees of financial institutions and the co‑opted technical directo…

The Nibhana Co-operative Housing Society (Respondent No.2) sought possession of flat No. 62 allotted to Mrs. Maya (Respondent No.1) from Hindustan Thompson Associates Ltd. and others (Appellants), alleging they occupied the flat as licencees without the Society's written consent. The Appellants contended that they were…

The dispute arose from a 1964 agreement whereby the tenant‑co‑partner member of the Shyam Cooperative Housing Society, Smt. Devibai H. Advani, allowed Rajpal Bhatia to occupy her flat on a leave‑and‑licence basis. After the licence was terminated, Advani sought eviction of Bhatia under Section 91 of the Maharashtra Coo…

The Fairfield Co‑operative Housing Society, a tenant‑partnership society, discovered that its member Smt. Vishni J. Kalwani had let flat No. 7 to A.V.R. & Co. and J.R. Enterprises as licencees without the society’s consent, violating its bye‑laws. The society filed a dispute under Section 91 of the Maharashtra Cooperat…

The Supreme Court examined appeals by several cooperative sugar factories and the State of Maharashtra against a Bombay High Court order that directed non‑member sugarcane growers to be paid the prevailing market price and to be allowed to sell to any factory. The Court held that the Maharashtra Sugar Factories (Reserv…

The respondent, Brijlal Sadashuk Modani, was a senior employee of Osmanabad Janata Sahakari Bank Ltd., a multi‑state cooperative bank. While in service he received notices from the Anti‑Corruption Bureau demanding details of his assets, which he contested on the ground that the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PCA) …

The Supreme Court examined a dispute where two firms (the appellants) were occupying rooms in a flat allotted to a member of a tenant co‑partnership housing society. The member had inducted the firms as tenants without the society’s consent, allegedly violating Section 29(2) of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act…

The Supreme Court examined the constitutional validity of Section 73A of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960, which restricts designated officers (Chairman, President and other officers declared by the State) from holding office in more than one cooperative society and limits their tenure to ten years in ag…

The Sind Maharashtra Co‑operative Housing Society, a tenant‑co‑partnership society, sued its member (respondent 2) and the appellant who was occupying a flat as a licensee since December 1970, seeking vacant possession under Section 91 of the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, 1960. The society alleged default in …

The appellant, Sanwarml Kejriwal, occupied a flat in Vishwa Cooperative Housing Society under a leave‑and‑license agreement from 1957. After the member‑allottee transferred his interest, the society sought his eviction under Section 91(1) of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, arguing that the society‑member rel…

The respondent sued the appellants for specific performance of two agreements to sell a share of land, having paid earnest money but no deed was executed. The trial court dismissed the suit, but the first appellate court set aside that decree and ordered specific performance. The appellants appealed, arguing that the a…

Suresh, a clerk appointed in 1974, challenged the seniority list and the promotion of a Development Officer (Respondent No.2) to the post of Senior Manager in Yeotmal District Central Co‑op Bank. The dispute was first heard before the Cooperative Court, which held the promotion illegal, but the Cooperative Appellate Co…

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) inspected Kalidasa Cooperative Bank and, after finding serious irregularities, requisitioned the Registrar of Cooperative Societies under s.30(5) of the Karnataka Co‑operative Societies Act, 1959 to supersede the bank’s Board of Directors and appoint an administrator. The Registrar issue…