Co-operative Societies Act, 1912

The Apex Co‑operative Bank of Urban Bank of Maharashtra and Goa Ltd. applied to the RBI for a licence to operate an apex bank covering Maharashtra and Goa. The RBI required the bank to be registered under the Multi‑State Co‑operative Societies Act, 1984, which the bank did, and the Maharashtra Government subsequently d…

The respondent, a supervisor in a co‑operative sugarcane development society, was dismissed after disciplinary proceedings and sued the society in a civil court for reinstatement and back wages. The society argued that the suit was barred because, under Rule 115 of the U.P. Co‑operative Societies Rules, 1936, any dispu…

The Bombay Catholic Co‑operative Housing Society resolved in 1966 to redevelop its Willingdon East land, allocating 161 flats to allottee‑members and 69 to tenant‑members. After decades of litigation, the Society passed a 2009 resolution and executed a conveyance to a developer for Rs 70 crore, which the tenant‑members…

Bazpur Co-operative Sugar Factory Ltd., a co-operative society registered under the Co-operative Societies Act, 1912, deducted Rs.5,15,863 from the price payable to its members for sugarcane under bye‑law 50 and credited the amount to a Loss Equalisation and Capital Redemption Reserve Fund. The society later amended by…