GURUDEVDATTA V.K.S.S.S.MARYADIT vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA .

The Supreme Court addressed the validity of the Bombay High Court's decision regarding the voter eligibility list for the Kolhapur District Central Co-operative Bank elections under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, specifically Section 27(3). The Court held that the amendment to the proviso, which restricted voting rights for new member societies, could not apply retroactively to societies that had invested before the amendment's enactment. Consequently, the Court upheld the High Court's ruling, affirming the right of these societies to vote in the elections.