The Maharashtra State ... vs Prabhakar Sitaram Bhadange

The Supreme Court held that the Cooperative Court established under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960 does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate service disputes between a cooperative society and its employees, as such disputes do not pertain to the management or business of the society as outlined in Section 91(1) of the Act. The Court affirmed the decisions of the Cooperative Court and the Cooperative Appellate Court, which had both ruled in favor of the respondent's right to challenge his dismissal. Consequently, the appeal by the Maharashtra State Cooperative Housing Finance Corporation Limited was dismissed, upholding the lower courts' jurisdictional findings.