Award in respect of the dispute between the office bearers and members of the Maharashtra Swatantra Party.

Summary

This three-page English letter, dated April 29, 1977, records M. R. Masani’s transmission of an enclosed award to Girish Munshi concerning an internal dispute in the Maharashtra Swatantra Party. Masani explains that the award follows meetings held on April 14 and 23 and correspondence exchanged among Parmanand Kejriwal, Munshi, K. H. Subramanian, L. R. Sampat, and S. V. Raju.

The enclosed award determines that the party’s office bearers hold tenancy rights in the premises at 143 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bombay, together with listed assets, in trust for the furtherance of the Swatantra Party’s stated objects and principles. It further directs the office bearers to execute and publish a suitable legal declaration of trust, restricting use of the tenancy rights and assets to those principles.

Key points

• Masani’s letter is dated April 29, 1977, and is addressed to Girish Munshi.
• The letter transmits an award arising from an internal dispute in the Maharashtra Swatantra Party.
• The dispute concerns tenancy rights in premises at 143 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bombay, and associated assets.
• The award places the tenancy rights and assets in trust for advancing the Swatantra Party’s objects and principles.
• The relevant party principles were adopted at the party’s Bombay convention on August 1 and 2, 1959.
• The award requires the office bearers to publish a suitable legal declaration of trust.
• The trust is limited to furthering the party’s stated principles and not other objects or purposes.