IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA
DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN, J
Balachandran P. v. V. Registrar of Co-Operative Societies and Others
| Table of Content |
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| 1. definition and importance of quorum. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. context of petitions regarding the quorum of the society. (Para 4 , 6 , 7) |
| 3. legal arguments presented by counsels. (Para 8 , 9) |
| 4. legal principles governing quorum and its calculation. (Para 10 , 11) |
| 5. court’s analysis and findings regarding quorum. (Para 12 , 13) |
| 6. conclusion and order issued by the court. (Para 14 , 15 , 16) |
1. The prescription of a quorum is the best assurance against totally heteroclite action in the name of a deliberative body by an unduly small number of persons.
2. The semantic definition of quorum is the minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or super majority.
3. Each cogitative body determines the number of members that constitutes a quorum in its governing documents such as its constitution, charter, bye - laws, etc. The quorum may also be set by law.
4. These two writ petitions are being considered together since the common issue involved is as to the availability of quorum for a meeting of the members of the Board of Directors of Wayanad District Co - operative Bank Ltd. ('the Society' fo
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