India, Dec. 10 -- Granting relief to a man who was seeking membership of a Nariman Point housing society as he was his deceased mother's successor and heir, the Bombay High Court has upheld the order of the divisional joint registrar who found him eligible for membership. The court said that if his parents, who did not own a flat in the building but owned a basement space, were granted membership of the society, it cannot be denied to their successor.

The court said that section 154-13 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act casts a statutory obligation on the society to transfer the share, right, title and interest of the deceased member to their son since there was no legal impediment or a competing claim.

"The petitioner societ...