The supreme Court on tuesday upheld a 2013 judgement of the Gujarat high court which struck down the provision of the constitutional (97 Amendment) Act 2011 to the extent it introduced part IX B in the constitutional to deal with cooperative societies.
A 3 judge bench comprising Justices Rohinton nariman, KM Joseph and BR Gavai dismissed the appeals filed by the Union of india against the judgement of the gujrat high court. While the majority comprising justice Nariman and BR Gavai struck down part IX B introduced by the amendment to deal with cooperative societies, justice KM Joseph, in a dissent struck down the entire amendment.
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