MUMBAI: Following the letters from local MP Manoj Kotak and Mulund MLA Mihir Kotecha, the deputy registrar of T ward M B Mhaske on Tuesday issued a circular warning committee members of all housing societies to bear the responsibility of legal consequences if they discriminated while giving membership basis caste, religion, language, sex etc.
Last week Trupti Devrukhkar had complained of facing discrimination in a society where she had gone looking for office space simply because she’s a Maharashtrian. According to the deputy registrar's office Indian constitution as well as the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act 1960 any discrimination or imposing impractical restrictions or conditions was illegal. Experts said registrar has all powers to award membership to any such victim by following the legal provisions.
