Supreme Court of India

Md. Moinuddin and Ors. v. The Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Cooperative Societies and Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 14 S.C.R. 235
Bench Surinder Singh Nijjar and Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla JJ.
Decided 7 May 2014

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the orders impugned in these appeals cannot sustain.

Judgment, page 29

From the headnote

Cooperative Societies - Group-housing co-operative society - Initially having 28 members, rising upto 75 members - Initially land purchased with the funds provided c by 11 founder members - Membership of 37 members disputed - Claim of the 11 founder members for exclusive right in the land, as it was purchased with the funds provided by them - Held: Claim by individual members is not acceptable - Once the land was purchased by the Society, the property vests in the Society-- It is for the Society to deal · with the land in accordance with the co-operative principles · and the objects with

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