Veena Kumari Tandon vs Neelam Bhalla And Others

The Supreme Court interpreted Section 27 of the Maharashtra Cooperative Housing Societies Act, 1960, affirming that each member of a cooperative housing society is entitled to one vote, regardless of family membership, thus overruling the society's bye-laws that limited voting rights to one per family. The Court held that the High Court's decision to allow each member to vote was correct, emphasizing that the bye-laws could not contravene the statutory provisions of the Act. The appeal was dismissed, upholding the High Court's ruling.