India, Aug. 24 -- The Bombay High Court on August 14 ruled that non-plot owners are ineligible to vote and contest in a housing society's election.

A single-judge bench of Justice Sandeep V. Marne rejected an appeal, filed by Brenden D'Silva against the Deputy Registrar, Co-operative Societies, H West, and St. Sebastian Homes Co-operative Society and others, under Section 152 (A) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960.

The court emphasised the legislative intent behind this provision, noting that allowing non-owners like D'Silva to participate in managing the society's affairs would undermine the principle of collective property management.

Significantly, the ruling came on the same day the elections of the St. Sebastian H...