( 1 ) THE plaintiff is a member of the Institution of Engineers. The Institution is a body incorporated under a charter containing a Grant by the Crown of the United Kingdom in the form of Letters Patent under the King's sign Manual dated September 9, 1935 under an Order in Council of His Majesty dated August 13, 1935, on the report of the Committee of the Lords of His Majesty's most Hon'ble Privy Council dated August 1, 1935. Originally the Institution was a body incorporated under the Indian Companies Act, 1913.

( 2 ) THE suit was instituted for a declaration that certain bye-laws passed by the general body of corporate members of the Institution at a meeting specially convened for the purpose on November 26, 1960 are ultra vires, illegal, not according to law, and not binding on the plaintiffs, the defendant Institution and/or members. The declaration is also asked for that the bye-laws made by the general body of the defendant Institution on January 31, 1950 and approved by the Privy Council on October 17, 1951 are valid, effective, operative and binding on the defendant Institution. The other declarations are that the Resolution of the Council at its 426th meeting on August 1

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