Shri. Haresh Motiram Aswani vs The Divisional Joint Registrar, ... on 14 August, 2019
The scope of enquiry in Appeal under section
152 will have to be limited as to whether the Registrar had rightly exercised
its jurisdiction while passing the order under section 13 of the said Act,
registering the amendment of bye-law of the Society. The Appeal under 152
of the Act being in continuation of the Order passed by the Registrar in
exercising the powers under section 13 of the Act, the scope of such an
Appeal will have to be limited to the nature of enauiry that can be made by
the Registrar while registering or refusing to register the amendment of
bye-laws of the Society. In such cases, the petitioners or the aggrieved
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members will have to file dispute under section 91 of M.C.S. Act. A safe
reliance can be placed on the decision of this Court in the case of Wadala
Shri Ram Industrial Premises Co-Operative Society Ltd. Vs. Kotecha &
Company (M/s) & Ors., reported in 2001 (4) Bom.C.R. 365 : 2001 AIR
(Bombay) 464 : 2001 (4) ALL M.R. 36 : 2001 (4) Mh. L.J. 616. I find
substance in the submission of Mr. Sakhare, the learned counsel that,
opposition to the amendment to bye-laws would give rise to a dispute
touching the management or business of the Society, as contemplated
under Section 91 of M.C.S and therefore the Co-Operative Court will have
jurisdiction to resolve the said dispute.