Supreme Court of India

Himalayan Co-operative Group Housing Society v. Balwan Singh

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Reported as [2015] 4 S.C.R. 616

Bench H.L. Dattu, S.A. Bobde and Arun Mishra JJ.

Decided 29 April 2015

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, while allowing these appeals, we c set aside the directions issued by the Writ Court to the appellant-Society as also the judgment and order passed by the High Court in Review Petition.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 227 - Jurisdiction under - Scope - Respondents-members of appe/fant society enrolled for allotment of apartments defaulted in payment of deposit amount - Society passed resolution expelling them from membership - Registrar of Co- operative Societies approved the resolution - Revisional Authority confirmed the expulsion order- Writ court held that the respondents had not made out a case for interference with orders of the authorities - However, on a request of respondents and concession given by the counsel for the society, the Writ court gave directions

Authorities it was built on

1993 Svenska Handelsbanken v. Mis Indian Charge Chrome and Ors. cited by 15
2009 M/s. Julien Educational Trust v. Sourendra Kumar Roy & Ors. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2026 Krishna Kumar Ojha v. Jitendra Chaudhary relied on
2023 Prasanta Kumar Sahoo & Ors. v. Charulata Sahu & Ors. relied on
2022 The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation v. Union of India & Ors. followed
2025 Smt. Lavanya C & Anr. v. Vittal Gurudas Pai Since Deseased by Lrs. & Ors. referred to
2024 Bar of Indian Lawyers through its President Jasbir Singh Malik v. D. K. Gandhi Ps National Institute of Communicable Diseases and Anr. referred to
2019 Director of Elementary Education, Odisha & Ors. v. Pramod Kumar Sahoo referred to
2020 Om Prakash v. Suresh Kumar distinguished

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 followed · 1 distinguished · 3 referred to

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