IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
ANIL K. NARENDRAN, MURALEE KRISHNA S., JJ
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE THRISSUR TALUK FURNITURE INDUSTRIALIST DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD. NO.R1314 – Appellant
Versus
SIJO GEORGE – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. disqualification based on absence from meetings. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. court's reasoning on the validity of the disqualification. (Para 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 3. arguments addressing the interpretation of byelaws. (Para 6 , 7 , 8 , 10 , 11) |
| 4. final ruling on the dismissal of the writ appeal. (Para 12) |
Muralee Krishna S., J.
The petitioners in W.P.(C)No.27588 of 2025 filed this writ appeal under Section 5(i) of the Kerala High Court Act, 1958, challenging the judgment dated 31.10.2025 passed by the learned Single Judge in that writ petition.
2. The appellants are a Co-operative Society and its Board of Directors. The 1st respondent is one of the directors of the 1st appellant Board. According to the appellants, the 1st respondent did not attend three consecutive meetings of the Managing Committee that took place on 06.01.2025, 16.01.2025 and 30.01.2025, without any reason. Since, as per Sub-Clause (6) and (7) of Clause 17 of Ext.P1 byelaws of the Society, a committee member who abstained from three consecutive meetings would lose his membership in the committee, the Board of Directors proceeded against the 1st respondent to remove him from the committee. Accordingly, a sub-committee rep
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