Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 208 · Decided 15 April 2005
Zoroastrian Co-Operative Housing Society LTD. and ANR. v. District Registrar Co-Operative Societies (Urban) and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 208 · [2005] 3 S.C.R. 592
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1551/2000
- Decided
- 15 April 2005
- Bench
- B.N. AGRAWAL, P.K. BALASUBRAMANYAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 19; Transfer of Property Act Section 10; Companies Act
Headnote
Cooperative Societies : C Gujarat Cooperative Societies, 1961-Sections 4, 24 and 30--Gujarat Cooperative Societies Rules, 1965-Rule 12(2)-Constitution of India, 1950-­ Articles 19(/)(c) and 300A-Transfer of Property Act, 1882-Section 10- Cooperative Housing Society-Admission of Member-Transfer Society confining membership to persons belonging D to Parsi community-Validity of-Held: Bye laws ;·estricting membership to Parsi community do not violate Act or Rules-Nothing precludes Society from restricting membership to particular religion, bf!/ief or tenet-Restriction being in
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