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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, NAGPUR BENCH
PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR
Shashikant Balkrushna Gaikwad – Appellant
Versus
Hon’ble Minister, Co-operation Department – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Prafulla S. Khubalkar, J.
Heard ShriM.G.Bhangde, learned Senior Advocate for the petitioner, Ms P.C. Bawankule, learned Assistant Government Pleader for the respondent nos.1 to 3, Shri C.S. Kaptan, learned Senior Advocate for the respondent no.4 and Shri A.D. Gabhane, learned counsel for the respondent no.5.
2. While advancing submissions on the application for vacation of interim relief, the counsel for the respective parties have advanced their arguments for final disposal of the writ petition at the stage of admission. Hence, RULE. Rule made returnable forthwith.
3. The controversy in the present petition arises from the challenge to disqualification of the petitioner as a Member of respondent no.5–Akola Zilla Parishad Prathamik Shikshak Sahakari Pat Sanstha Ltd., Akola (for short, ‘the respondent no.5-Society’) incurred under Section 73A of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960. The issue is whether the petitioner stood disqualified on the ground that that he has tendered his resignation from the post of Director of the Managing Committee of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Zilla Parishad Magasvargiya Karmachari Sahakari Pat Sanstha Ltd., Akola-Washim, after the stipula
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The main legal point established in the judgment is the likelihood of conflict between the duties of a Director on the Board of a Co-operative Society and the pecuniary interest of the individual, an....
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Complaints regarding pre-election disqualification must be reviewed under Section 58 of the Act, not Section 28(13).
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Voluntary resignation or merger with another party, as per the Defection Act, leads to disqualification, regardless of subsequent actions or acceptance of resignation.
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