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43. The right to association is not uni-dimensional. It cannot be viewed solely from the perspective of the individual seeking membership of an association. The association itself has the right to restrict or contour its membership. There is nothing unreasonable in an association set up for a particular purpose, admitting, or conferring full benefits of its membership only upon those who fulfill to the extent required by it, the conditions required. As recounted earlier, the right to association encapsulates the right to continuance of the association. The A.P. Dairy Development Corporation Federation case (supra) emphasized that; at the same time, the Court held that "there cannot be any objection to statutory interference with their composition or functioning merely on the ground of contravention of individual's right of freedom of association by statutory functionaries." The regulation of the association‟s functioning through law was held not to extend to the benefit of life offices and life membership in Periyar Self-Respect Propoganda Institution v. State of Tamil Nadu26.In Toguru Sudhakar AIR 1988 Mad 27 WP(C) Nos.8106/2010, 6851/2012, 7549/2012 & 2689/2014 Page 38 Reddy and Anr v State of AP27the Supreme Court held that the power of the Government to nominate women to the co-operative societies under Section 31 of the A. P. Co-operative Societies Act was valid; this provision was construed to be in furtherance to Article 15 (3) of the Constitution of India. Consequently it is held that the respondents‟ submission that the introduction of the one man one vote rule would impair the internal autonomy of the Bar Associations in Delhi, is without merit.