The Kerala High Court on Monday struck down Clause 44 of the articles of association of the SNDP Yogam which provided for voting rights to a representative for every 200 members in the general body meetings of the yogam.
Justice T.R. Ravi, while allowing a writ petition filed by V. Vijayakumar and another SNDP Yogam member from Kollam challenging the representative voting method, declared that Clause 44 of the articles of association was ultra vires the statutory provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the provisions of the Kerala Non-Trading Companies Act, 1961.