Prudeta
Prudeta
2026 INSC 347
📌 Paras 2-3, 6
The appellants, chairpersons of District Milk Producers' Co-operative Unions in Rajasthan, challenge bye-laws framed by these unions. These bye-laws introduced additional eligibility conditions for candidates contesting elections to the Management Committee. A batch of writ petitions was filed by Primary Milk Producers' Co-operative Societies challenging these bye-laws, which were declared ultra vires the Rajasthan Co-operative Societies Act, 2001, by a Single Judge and affirmed by a Division Bench of the High Court. The appellants were not parties to the original writ proceedings.
📌 Para 7
Whether the writ petitions challenging the bye-laws were maintainable before the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution,
The bench further analyzed the constitutional validity of the impugned provisions and discussed the interpretation of Articles 14 and 21 in light of recent precedents...
Citing the ratio in prior decisions, the court held that the legislative intent was to ensure...
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