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NAVIN CHAWLA
Ranjan Dhingra – Appellant
Versus
Rotary International – Respondent
JUDGMENT
I.A.18736/2022
1. This application has been filed by the plaintiff under Order XXXIX Rule 1 and 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the `CPC') praying for the following reliefs:
"a) pass an ad-interim ex-parte order/direction restraining the Defendant nos. 1 & 2 from dealing with the affairs of the RI directors zone-4 (2023-25);
b) pass an ad-interim ex-parte direction, directing Defendant No.1 not to permit the Defendant No.2 for using the designation of elected RI Director, Zone-4 (2023-25), during the pendency of the present suit.
c) pass an ad-interim ex-parte injunction restraining the Defendant No.1 from permitting the Defendant No.2 in participating various programs of training etc. or in any manner in the capacity of elected RI Director for Zone-4 (2023-25), during the pendency of the present suit."
I. Case of the Plaintiff:
2. The plaintiff has filed the present suit challenging the Election Result dated 04.03.2022 for the post of RI Director, Zone-4 (2023-25) of the defendant no. 1, declaring the defendant no.2 to be the Director for Zone-4. The plaintiff further challenges the Rotary International (in short `RI') Board Decision dated
The Bylaws of the defendant no.1 organization recognize only the Clubs for nomination, voting, and challenging the election process, and an individual does not have the right to contest the election ....
A plaintiff who has acquiesced in or condoned the alleged irregularities or illegalities cannot come to Court with clean hands and is not entitled to the discretionary relief of an interim injunction....
The judgment clarified the limited grounds for interference with an election process and emphasized that the Registrar's authority does not extend to directing re-scrutiny of rejected nominations.
Statutory provision, namely Section 36 of the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, also is not empowering the Registrar of Co-operative Societies to go into the election dispute.
Court emphasizes that once the election process has commenced, judicial interference is limited, and eligibility for voting must comply with established rules within organizational frameworks.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that once the elections are held as per the directions issued by the High Court, the aggrieved party may resort to legal proceedings in accordance ....
The main legal point established in the judgment is that By-law 44 of the third respondent society, which barred members from casting their vote through proxy, was declared illegal and void, and a Ju....
A dispute arising among the members of a society registered under the A.P. Societies Registration Act, 2001, relating to the affairs of the society, is to be resolved through the mechanism provided u....
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