Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petitions Challenging Criminal Proceedings Under Consumer Protection Act Against Liquidated Co-Operative Bank — Section 107 of Maharashtra Co-Operative Societies Act, 1960 Held Not to Bar Criminal Actions. The court interpreted the words 'other legal proceeding' in Section 107 to be restricted to civil proceedings ejusdem generis with a suit, and thus did not bar criminal proceedings under Section 27 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, against a society under winding up.
1 Aug 2018The judgment arose from two criminal writ petitions filed by a co-operative bank under liquidation and its liquidator, seeking to quash summons and no...
