India, June 14 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday set aside a no-confidence resolution passed by the managing committee of a Goregaon East cooperative housing society that had removed its chairman, holding that a newly inducted committee member was deliberately denied an opportunity to vote.

Justice Sandeep Marne struck down the resolution and a consequential certificate issued by the District Deputy Registrar (DDR), which had declared that Madhuri Nyayadhish stood removed as chairman of Padmavati Nagar Co-operative Housing Society after a no-confidence motion was passed against her.

The court found that Madhavi Gosavi, who had been inducted as the 10th member of the managing committee three days before the meeting, was neither notified...