The Bombay High Court ruled that the Registrar under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960 (MCS Act) has the power to probe the affairs of cooperatives, based on complaints filed by non-members, reports Verdictum.
The court allowed the petition filed by a non-member saying the Deputy Registrar made the decision without due application of mind and therefore was liable to be set aside.
According to the court ”there cannot be an absolute proposition that a non-member can never file a complaint with the Registrar or that the Registrar cannot look into such a complaint for suo moto ordering of an inquiry” the court observed.