CO-OPERATIVE
SOCIETY PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES
Every member
of a housing cooperative society should be treated with dignity and respect. No
one has a legal duty or personal right to harass other if there is any
harassment does occur then there are some adequate measures are speedily
available to prevent it recurring and deal with the problem. The case of
harassment is of serious nature offence and can not be tolerated it may become
a ground of disciplinary action which may include the expulsion.
If Any
member of the Housing Cooperative Society faces the problem of harassment by
any other member of society or the staff of the management committee in the
housing cooperative society shall initiate the procedures against them.
He/she must
also:
As per the
Bye-laws of the Housing Cooperative, the members must have some essential
qualifications;
Permanently
reside within the territory of operation of the housing cooperative;
The
essential admission fee has paid;
As per the
Bye-laws have paid the stipulated charges and purchased the minimum number of
shares of the cooperative;
As per the
conditions laid down in the Bye-laws of the Cooperative, make the essential
down payment within the prescribed limit;
Make a
necessary statement to the housing cooperative at the time of membership that
whether he/she owns any plot/flat or house in his/her own name or in the name
of any other member of his family. Under those conditions, he/she shall quote
the reasons to become a member of a housing cooperative.
Cooperative
Society Problems and challenges
Meaning and Examples
of Harassment
Harassment
is undesirable lead on the grounds of race, sex, sexual introduction and so on
which has the reason or impact of either abusing the inquirer’s nobility,
making an intimidating, threatening, debasing, mortifying or hostile condition
for them.
There are
given the following examples of the specific types of harassment:-
Bullying-
Bullying
might be described as hostile, intimidating, noxious or offending conduct,
maltreatment or abuse of intensity through methods planned to undermine,
embarrass, stigmatize or harm the beneficiary. There are some examples of
bullying:
maltreatment
of power or authority;
verbal,
written and additionally physical terrorizing for example dangers, derisory
comments
relentless
unjustified analysis the public disgracefulness having obligations or basic
leadership powers pulled back without valid justification or clarification
outlandish rejections
Sexual
Harassment
It may be
homosexual or heterosexual. It might be characterized as any type of undesirable
verbal, non-verbal or physical direct of a sexual sort that makes an
intimidating, antagonistic, debasing or hostile condition. It may include:
Physical
contact
Undesirable
comments on clothes and appearance;
Comments of
a sexual nature;
Verbal threats;
The Bombay
high court on the matter relating to the harassment of the women members said
that the housing societies must frame rules and regulations to protect the
women members from assault and sexual offenses by different members. The court
said to the housing cooperative societies to make rules in the light of the
Vishaka Judgement.
In Punita K
Sodhi v Union of India and Ors (2010), Delhi High Court held that the idea of
restriction may not discover significance for a situation of sexual harassment,
as sexual harassment should not be seen as a one-time episode, however the
effect of sexual harassment must be contemplated to comprehend it as a
proceeding with off-base.
Racial
Harassment
Racial
harassment is any conduct, conscious or generally relating to race, colour,
nationality – including citizenship, or ethnic or national inceptions, which is
coordinated at an individual or gathering and which is observed to be hostile
or questionable to beneficiaries and which makes an intimidating, unfriendly or
hostile condition. It may include:
Insults and
racist comments
Use abusive
language and display of racially offensive material
Harassment
on Grounds of Religion
Religious
Harassment is any conduct intentional or something else, relating to religion,
religious conviction or other comparative philosophical conviction and it is
conduct which can be characterized as undesirable lead abusing an individual’s
pride, or making an intimidating, unfriendly, debasing, embarrassing or hostile
condition.
Political
Harassment
Political Harassment means the members are harassed
on the political grounds by the management committee staff or the other member
of the housing cooperative.
