Bombay High Court Examines Ministerial Power Over Cooperative Bye‑Law Amendments and Election Officer’s Authority to Suspend Polls; Petition Challenges Amendment Clubbing Constituencies to Favour Existing Committee. Provisions of Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960, Sections 4, 13, 73H, 73IB, 77A, and 152 Interpreted in Context of Alleged Manipulation to Avoid Elections.
6 Nov 2006The writ petition was filed before the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court by members of a cooperative society. The society had not held elections f...




