IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
AMIT BORKAR
Abhay Manohar Paranjape – Appellant
Versus
Shivnagari Cooperative Housing Society Limited – Respondent
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| 1. expulsion procedure under section 35 followed by society (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 2. petitioners' complaints legitimate per police, auditors (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 3. authorities' orders unreasoned, failed evidence scrutiny (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15) |
| 4. society claims repeated complaints caused detriment (Para 16) |
| 5. fair hearing, evidence-based expulsion decisions required (Para 17 , 18) |
| 6. civil complaints not malicious despite police referral (Para 19) |
| 7. auditors' validations must be considered (Para 20) |
| 8. quasi-judicial orders need reasons, individual analysis (Para 21) |
| 9. section 35 limited to destructive acts, not dissent (Para 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26) |
| 10. legal remedies invocation not punishable by expulsion (Para 27 , 28 , 29) |
| 11. conveyance objections not detrimental absent malice (Para 30 , 31) |
| 12. procedure cannot cure substantive reasoning defects (Para 32 , 33) |
| 13. unreasoned expulsion orders quashed, membership restored (Para 34 , 35 , 36) |
JUDGMENT :
AMIT BORKAR, J.
1. The petitioners have instituted the present writ petition assailing the judgment and orders passed by the Revisional Authority, whereby the revisions preferred by the petitioners came to be d
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