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Art. 243ZR Part IXB: The Co-operative Societies

Application to Multi-State Co-operative Societies

Exact text — Constitution of India

The provisions of this Part shall apply to the multi-State co-operative societies subject to the modification that any reference to 'Legislature of a State', 'State Act' or 'State Government' shall be construed as a reference to 'Parliament', 'Central Act' or 'the Central Government' respectively.

In Plain English

What this Article actually means

This Article extends the same governance framework to multi-State co-operative societies (those operating across state lines) — with a straightforward substitution: wherever the Part refers to a state's Legislature, law, or government, it's read as Parliament, central law, or the Central Government instead, since these bodies fall under Union rather than state jurisdiction.

Why This Matters To You

How it shows up in everyday life

This is why the same board-term limits, election requirements, and member-information rights that apply to your local state co-operative also apply to genuinely multi-State co-operatives — just administered at the Union level instead of by your specific state.

Landmark Cases

How courts have interpreted this Article

Union of India v. Rajendra N. Shah(2021) 8 SCC 761 — The Supreme Court struck down this Part's application to STATE co-operative societies (enacted without required state ratification) but specifically preserved its application to multi-State co-operatives, which fall squarely within Parliament's own law-making domain and needed no such ratification. Verify this case

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Art. 243zh — Definitions

Frequently Asked

Quick answers about Article 243ZR

Why did multi-State co-operatives keep this Part's protections when state co-operatives (in some respects) didn't?

The 2021 Supreme Court ruling found the original 97th Amendment needed state legislature ratification for provisions affecting STATE-level co-operative regulation (a state subject) — but multi-State co-operatives fall within Parliament's own exclusive domain, so no such ratification issue arose for them.

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