The Supreme Court upheld the validity of the 97th constitutional amendment.
But it struck down a part inserted by the 97th amendment.
Upholding the Gujarat High Court’s 2013 decision it was striking down certain provisions of the 97th constitutional amendment.
The Supreme Court held that the Parliament cannot enact laws with regard to cooperative societies as it is a state subject.
The amendment made a direct in-road into the exclusive domain of states to enact laws with regard to cooperatives.
The Centre has stated that the amendment was enacted to bring uniformity in the management of cooperative societies and it did not take away the powers of states.
If the Centre wanted to achieve uniformity, then the only way available was to take the recourse under Article 252 of the Constitution.
252 deals with the power of Parliament to legislate for two or more states by consent.