Social Club

Basic difference between a 'members club' and 'proprietary club' was that the former was characterized by contractual relationship between members inter se, whereas the latter was characterized by contractual relationship between each member and the proprietor.

Members of any association and especially a body such as a club (Karachi Gymkhana Club in the present case) were entitled to proceed on basis that the Rules made available to them were the Rules of their Association

Certainty was of paramount importance and members ought not be vexed by claims that the Rules as made available did not accord with the "sense" of the meeting at which they were passed or modified

Drafting of minutes of a meeting was invariably more imprecise than the language incorporated in a formal document such as Rules of a Club and it would be reasonable to assume that greater care was taken in the drafting of the Rules (or any amendment therein) than in settling the language used in the minutes of the Meetings

For testing validity of Club Rules, which were cast in a specific language and incorporated in a formal document, it would be hazardous to do so on the anvil of imprecisely drafted minutes, which themselves may not have a readily apparent meaning and may be open to multiple interpretations.