IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
AMIT BORKAR
Rashmi CHS Limited – Appellant
Versus
Romila Dilip Bajaj – Respondent
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| 1. procedural history of repeated membership applications and rejections (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4) |
| 2. invalid transfer lacks registration; res judicata bars re-application (Para 5 , 6) |
| 3. rejection limited to recorded reasons under open membership (Para 7 , 8 , 9) |
| 4. section 23 mandates sufficient cause and appeal procedure (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17) |
| 5. appellate authority confined to society's recorded reasons (Para 18 , 19 , 20 , 21) |
| 6. judicial review checks legality, not factual re-appreciation (Para 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27) |
| 7. earlier communications integrate into final rejection reasons (Para 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34) |
| 8. rejection restored for unregistered transfer documents (Para 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41) |
JUDGMENT :
AMIT BORKAR, J.
1. By the present writ petition, the petitioner society challenges the Judgment and Order dated 30 August 2019 passed by respondent No. 3 in Revision Application No. 289 of 2016.
2. The facts giving rise to the present writ petition, in brief, are as follows. Jolly Brothers Private Limited, Mumbai, was admitted as a member of the petitioner society on 13 June 1965. On 5 May 2006, Jolly Brothers Private Limited
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