Ismail v. Shanmugalingam Commissioner of Cooperative Development and Other – sllr 2001 volume 3 page 217

In the case between Ismail (Plaintiff/Appellant) and Shanmugalingam, Commissioner of Cooperative Development and Others (Defendants/Respondents), the court addressed the legal requirement of conducting a second inquiry under Section 60B of the Cooperative Societies Act, as amended, for the removal of a director after an initial inquiry under Section 46. It was determined that the removal of the petitioner, who was formerly President of the 2nd Respondent Cooperative Society, was invalid due to the omission of the statutorily mandated second inquiry. The decision reaffirmed the principle that strict compliance with procedural requirements in the removal of directors from cooperative societies is necessary for the action to be valid. The ruling relied on statutory interpretation of the Coope