Majority Consent of Legal Heirs Supports Membership; Revisional Order Quashed: Bombay HC

Pravinkumar Jethalal Dave Vs State of Maharashtra & Ors. (Bombay High Court) The writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution challenged orders passed in revision under Section 23(2) of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960, whereby the revisional authority had set aside the appellate authority’s decision granting membership of Flat No. 12 and Garage No. 12 in a co-operative housing society to the petitioner. The revisions had been filed by the respondent society and a person claiming to be a tenant. The revisional authority interfered mainly on the ground that the nomi...