Supreme Court of India

Registrar Cane Cooperative Societies v. Gurdeep Singh Narval (d) Thr. Lrs.

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Reported as [2026] 3 S.C.R. 301
Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Alok Aradhe JJ.
Decided 10 March 2026

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What the Court ordered

We hold that Sugarcane Growers Cooperative Societies, Bajpur and Gadarpur are not Multi-State Cooperative Societies under the 2002 Act.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether Sugarcane Growers Cooperative Societies, Bajpur and Gadarpur, situated in Udham Singh Nagar, District of Uttarakhand could be treated as Multi-State Cooperative Societies by operation of s.103 of Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002, despite their prior reorganisation and confinement of their area of operations to a single State, under the statutory framework governing State reorganisation. Headnotes† Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 – ss.87, 93 – Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002 – s.103 – Sugarcane Growers Cooperative Societies, Bajpur

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