Supreme Court of India · 2007-11-02
VEENA KUMARI TANDON vs NEELAM BHALLA .
- Citation / case number
- SC 2004/25487
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- VEENA KUMARI TANDON
- Respondent
- NEELAM BHALLA .
- Author
- HARJIT SINGH BEDI S.B. SINHA
- Bench
- HARJIT SINGH BEDI S.B. SINHA
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court interpreted Section 27 of the Maharashtra Cooperative Housing Societies Act, 1960, affirming that each member of a cooperative society is entitled to one vote, regardless of family membership, thereby 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. Consequently, the appeal was dismissed, upholding the High Court's ruling.