Case Law Analysis
|Delhi High Court
DCS Act 2003, Section 15(2) | Only Primary Members May Vote or Contest in Cooperative Elections; Joint Members Ineligible Unless Primary Member Is Incapacitated : Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has ruled that under the DCS Act 2003, only primary members of a cooperative society have the statutory right to vote or stand for election, excluding joint members unless the primary member is legally incapacitated. This clarifies a critical eligibility threshold affecting thousands of housing and urban cooperative societies across India and mandates independent oversight of future elections to ensure compliance.