Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 369 · Decided 30 March 2022
P. Nazeer ETC. v. Salafi Trust & ANR. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 369 · [2022] 14 S.C.R. 1070
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3132/2016
- Decided
- 30 March 2022
- Bench
- HEMANT GUPTA, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Registration Act Section 6
Headnote
Societies Registration Act, 1860: s. 6 - Suits by and against societies - Entitlement of a Society to sue and be sued - Held: Society registered under the Societies Registration Act is entitled to sue and be sued, only in terms of its bye-laws - The bye-laws or Secretary or any other office bearer to institute or defend a suit for and on behalf of the society terms of its bye-laws - Under s. 6, every society registered under the Act may sue or be sued in the name of President, Chairman, or Principal Secretary, or trustees, as shall be
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