Registrar Cane Cooperative Societies vs Gurdeep Singh Narval (D) Thr. Lrs

The Supreme Court examined whether two Sugarcane Cooperative Societies located in Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand, could be classified as Multi-State Cooperative Societies under Section 103 of the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002, despite the bifurcation of Uttar Pradesh and the societies' confinement to a single state post-reorganisation. The Court analyzed the interplay between the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000, and the 2002 Act, focusing on the legal status and operational jurisdiction of these societies after state bifurcation. It was held that the societies could not be treated as Multi-State Cooperative Societies merely by operation of the 2002 Act once their area of operation was confined to a single state by the reorganisation statute. This decision clarifies the application of cooperative society laws in the context of state reorganisation.