Judgments
Reported judgments of the Supreme Court, the Bombay High Court and the consumer fora that bear on co-operative housing societies.
Society election voters' list dispute — writ or election petition? Bombay High Court decides
संस्थेच्या निवडणुकीतील मतदार यादीचा वाद — रिट की निवडणूक याचिका? मुंबई उच्च न्यायालयाचा निर्णय
Bombay High Court·Writ Petition No. 5878 of 2021·26 Nov 2021
A few days before the society election, a member is told it is off the list of those entitled to vote. The instinct is to run to the High Court under Article 226 and have the election stopped. A 2021…
Read the updateSection 88 surcharge of committee members: a charge of duties not performed is not misfeasance
कलम ८८ अंतर्गत समिती सदस्यांवरील जबाबदारी: कर्तव्य न बजावल्याचा आरोप म्हणजे अयोग्य कृती (misfeasance) नव्हे, मुंबई उच्च न्यायालय
Bombay High Court·Writ Petition Nos. 188/96, 192/96 and 490/96; 1998(2) Mh.L.J. 483·17 Mar 1998
An audit memo lands on the secretary's table. The society has recorded a loss, and the auditor says the managing committee cannot avoid responsibility for it. A few months later a charge under…
Read the updateCan a society file a Section 91 dispute against a member's licensee? Bombay High Court
कलम ९१ अंतर्गत सदस्याच्या परवानाधारकाविरुद्ध संस्था वाद दाखल करू शकते का? Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court·AIR 1982 Bom 428; (1982) 84 Bom LR 177·25 Mar 1982
A member has gone abroad, or moved to another city for work, and let the flat out on leave and licence. Now the licensee will not leave. The member wants possession back, and the committee is asking…
Read the updateRs 15.45 lakh penalty for a bicycle in a staircase: Bombay High Court ends the recovery — bye-law 169(a) applies only once a society adopts it
जिन्यातील सायकलसाठी रु. 15,45,730 चा दंड: परत पाठवणी रद्द करून Bombay High Court ने वसुली संपवली — उपविधी १६९(अ) आणि सोसायटीने कधीही न स्वीकारलेल्या नव्या आदर्श उपविधी
Bombay High Court — Writ Petition No. 11021 of 2026 (judgment PDF)·2026:BHC-AS:35347 · Yogini Bhupendra Parikh & Anr. v. District Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Mumbai (1) & Ors., Marne J.·25 Aug 2026
What the Society did At Dhanlakshmi Co-operative Housing Society Ltd., a member's bicycle stood in the staircase, between floors. The Society called that an encroachment on common space and raised a…
Read the updateNo occupancy certificate from the builder — Supreme Court says the society can still claim
भोगवटा प्रमाणपत्र बिल्डरने घेतले नाही? Supreme Court: सोसायटी तरीही दावा करू शकते
Supreme Court of India·Civil Appeal No. 4000 of 2019·11 Jan 2022
Your members have lived in the building for years, perhaps decades. The builder never obtained the occupancy certificate. Every year the society pays property tax and water charges at inflated rates,…
Read the updateCan a member demand 18 years of minutes and accounts? Bombay High Court, Kumar City Residents CHS v. Mansingh Yadav (2025)
सभासद 18 वर्षांची इतिवृत्ते आणि खाती मागू शकतो का? मुंबई उच्च न्यायालय, Kumar City Residents CHS v. Mansingh Yadav (2025)
Bombay High Court·Writ Petition No. 5767 of 2025; 2025:BHC-AS:49800·19 Nov 2025
A member writes to the secretary asking for copies of the minutes of every general body and committee meeting going back to 2006, along with the profit and loss accounts for those years. The…
Read the updateCan a society take a donation when a member transfers? Bombay High Court, Alankar Sahkari Griha Rachana Sanstha v. Atul Bhagat (2018)
सदस्याने हस्तांतरण करताना संस्था देणगी घेऊ शकते का? Bombay High Court, Alankar Sahkari Griha Rachana Sanstha v. Atul Bhagat (2018)
Bombay High Court·Writ Petition No. 4457 of 2014·31 Aug 2018
A member wants to sell. The buyer is ready, the papers are ready, and the managing committee must pass the transfer resolution. Someone at the table says, “He is in a hurry. Ask for a good round sum…
Read the updateCan a society refuse membership to an auction buyer over the old owner's dues? Bombay High Court, July 2026
लिलावातील खरेदीदाराला आधीच्या मालकाच्या थकबाकीमुळे सोसायटी सभासदत्व नाकारू शकते का? Bombay High Court, जुलै २०२६
Bombay High Court·Writ Petition No. 8034 of 2025; 2026:BHC-AS:28599·14 Jul 2026
A flat in your building has been sold at a bank auction. The buyer is at the door with a sale certificate and a membership application, and the previous owner left years of maintenance unpaid. Can…
Read the updateCan a society refuse a flat transfer over a dispute about the adjoining open space? Bombay HC in Punam CHS v. Alok Agarwal, decoded
सोसायटी शेजारील मोकळ्या जागेबाबतच्या वादामुळे फ्लॅट हस्तांतरण नाकारू शकते का? Punam CHS v. Alok Agarwal मधील Bombay High Court निर्णयाचे विश्लेषण
Bombay High Court·Writ Petition No. 1480 of 2010; 2019 (5) ABR 781·26 Jul 2019
A flat in your building has just changed hands. The deed is registered and the incoming purchaser has applied for membership. But the society has a running quarrel with that flat’s owners over the…
Read the updateAGM held late — are the office-bearers automatically disqualified? Bombay HC in Adhyatma Bandhu Gupta, decoded
वार्षिक सर्वसाधारण सभा उशिरा झाली — पदाधिकारी आपोआप निरर्हत ठरतात का? Bombay High Court चा Adhyatma Bandhu Gupta निकाल, सोप्या भाषेत
Bombay High Court·Writ Petition No. 7358 of 2014; 2023:BHC-AS:14632·5 Jun 2023
Your accounts are not ready. The auditor has changed, and September is running out. One member has already said he will write to the Registrar if the annual general meeting slips. The question every…
Read the updateDoes breaching the redevelopment GR automatically disqualify the committee? Bombay HC in Harish Arora v. Deputy Registrar (2025), decoded
पुनर्विकास शासन निर्णयाचा भंग झाल्यास समिती आपोआप अपात्र ठरते का? Harish Arora v. Deputy Registrar (2025) मधील मुंबई उच्च न्यायालयाचा निकाल
Bombay High Court·Writ Petition No. 3433 of 2025; 2025:BHC-AS:22586·9 Jun 2025
Your committee pushed redevelopment forward, the general body passed the resolutions, and now a member's complaint has reached the Deputy Registrar. The allegation: the process did not follow the…
Read the updateCan a society expel a member on a 30-day notice? Bombay High Court in Aderabad CHS, decoded
सोसायटी 30 दिवसांच्या नोटिसीवर सभासदाची हकालपट्टी करू शकते का? Aderabad CHS प्रकरणातील Bombay High Court चा निकाल सोप्या भाषेत
Bombay High Court·Aderabad Co-operative Housing Society v. Div. Jt. Registrar, Co-operative Societies (Bom HC, Roshan Dalvi J.) — Indian Kanoon doc 452289; case number not printe·31 Jul 2007
Your committee has had enough of a member. The general body agrees, the expulsion resolution is carried without a single dissent, and everyone assumes the matter is closed. Then the notice that…
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