Prathiba M. Singh, J.

I.A. 8699/2018 (for filing of additional documents)

1. The additional documents filed by the Plaintiffs are taken on record, subject to being proved in accordance with law, at the time of final disposal. I.A. is disposed of.

I.A. 4736/2018 (U/s 92 CPC)

2. This is an application moved by the Plaintiffs who are various member associations of the Defendant- ‘National Council of Young Men’s Christian Associations of India’ (hereinafter ‘Defendant’). By this application, the Plaintiffs seek leave under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter, ‘CPC’) to file the present suit.

3. The facts in brief are that the Defendant is a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (hereinafter, ‘Societies Registration Act’). It is a body which has about 756 member YMCAs located across the country. Some of the said members are the Plaintiffs in the present suit. The member YMCAs who have filed the present Suit are the local YMCAs located in Cochin, New Delhi, Coimbatore, Puthoor - Kerala, Kollam - Kerala, Mumbai, Jabalpur - Madhya P