THE CAPITAL COOPERATIVE THRIFT CREDIT SOCIETY LTD & ORS. vs REGISTRAR OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES & ORS.

Judgment text excerpt

$~40 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 16th January, 2026 Uploaded on: 17th January, 2026 + W.P.(C) 608/2026, CM APPL. 2982/2026 & CM APPL. 2983/2026 THE CAPITAL COOPERATIVE THRIFT CREDIT SOCIETY LTD & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Sandeep Kumar and Mr. Piyush Goel, Advs. versus REGISTRAR OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Urvi Mohan, Adv. for RCS. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The challenge in this petition is to the award dated 29th August, 2025 (hereinafter, ‘the impugned award’) passed by the Additional Registrar Cooperative Societies, in Arbitration Case No. 7060/AR/Arb.24-25 titled ‘Sh. Rakesh Kumar & Ors. v. The Capital Cooperative T/C Society Ltd. & Anr.’ 3. The brief background giving rise to the challenge is that the Managing Committee of the Petitioner Society had appointed a Returning Officer- Sh. Ram Pal Singh (hereinafter, ‘the RO’) for conduct of elections in terms of a resolution dated 7th September, 2024. Signature Not Verified Signed By:RENUKA W.P.(C) 608/2026 Page 1 of 6 NEGI Signing Date:17.01.2026 15:33:23 4. Upon appointment, the RO had issued the election notice containing all the different stages of the election on 16th November, 2024 and the election was scheduled to be held on 15th December, 2024. 5. Nomination forms were issued and various candidates had filled in their nominations. Certain objections were filed with the RO in respect of some of the candidates. Thereafter, nominations of some candidates was rejected on the ground that either the proposer or the seconder were defaulters in view of an earlier award of arbitrator dated 12th September, 2019. The challenge to the said awa