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2017 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 31783

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA
DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN, J
Balachandran P. v. V. Registrar of Co-Operative Societies and Others


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Sri. B. S. Swathi Kumar
For the Respondents: Sri. P. P. Jacob, learned Special Government Pleader

Table of Content
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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