(1.) East Bengal Club is a non -proprietory members' club. It is neither a registered society nor is it an incorporated body under any statute. It is a sporting club having many respectable persons as its members.
(2.) The Defendant No. 1 is an eminent member of the Bar with an extensive practice throughout this country and he is the President of the Club. The Defendant No. 2, Arun Roy, is also a member of the Bar - practicing in Criminal Courts and was one of the Vice -Presidents of the Club when the suit was filed. The Defendant No. 3, Arun Bhattacharya, is an employee of the' Life Insurance Corporation and so was Paresh Nandy, the Defendant No. 4, who had retired in 1968 from service.
(3.) These Defendants are the members of the Election Board of the Club to conduct the election of 1968 in which the members of the Executive Committee and few other officials of the Club were going to be elected and the elected members are to hold their posts for three years.