Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975

The petitioner, a member of the BCCI, was suspended and faced disciplinary action after a complaint of breach of confidentiality. He objected to the composition of the three‑member Disciplinary Committee, arguing that the President’s recusal required either waiting for a new President or appointing members acceptable t…

The Tamil Nadu State allotted a parcel of land to an Agricultural Horticultural Society in 1980 under certain conditions. In 1989 the State resumed the land under clause 4 of the allotment order, citing a public purpose of developing sports facilities and horticultural research. The Society challenged the resumption by…

The Indian Evangelical Lutheran Church, originally registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, later fell under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975. After elections were conducted under an Advocate Commissioner, the Commissioner reported that the society had become defunct. The Madras High Court …

The Council of Architecture (COA) issued two communications in 2018 relating to the Minimum Standards of Architectural Education, which the Academic Society of Architects (TASA) challenged on the ground that they were regulations requiring prior Central Government approval under section 45(1) of the Architects Act, 197…

The Tiruchirappalli District Cricket Association (TDCA), a society registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975, was challenged by a former office‑bearer (respondent No.2) who sought a fresh voters list and a free, fair election, invoking directions from the High Court that were based on the S. Nith…

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), a society registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, was accused of acting arbitrarily in its election of office‑bearers and in disqualifying a candidate on residence grounds. The High Court admitted a review petition alleging breach of an undertaking g…

M. Sudakar, the President of the Aruppukkottai Nadarkal Uravinmurai Pothu Abiruthi Trust, was debarred by a General Body resolution dated 7 January 2007 from holding any post in the Trust for ten years. He filed writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution seeking to restrain the registration of the resolution.…

The Vedanta Sthapna Sabha, a society that constructed a temple with contributions from its members and the government, applied under Section 63(b) of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959, seeking a declaration that it was the hereditary trustee of the temple. The Deputy Commissioner dismis…

The Nadar Mahajan Sangam established N.M.S.S. Vellaichamy Nadar College in 1965, but the term of its managing society committee expired on March 31, 1966 and elections could not be held, leading to a disputed management of the college. A trial judge, instead of conducting an inquiry himself, directed the District Regis…

The Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church (TELC), a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 in 1919 with a religious purpose, sought exemption from the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975. The State Government granted limited exemptions, leading to multiple writ petitions and appeals contestin…