WHY IN NEWS?

The Supreme Court has knocked down portions of a constitutional amendment that limited states’ exclusive control over cooperative organizations.

About:

Part IXB, added to the Constitution in 2012 by the 97th Amendment, outlined the rules for operating cooperative organizations.

• The amendment’s provisions, which were passed by Parliament without being ratified by state legislatures as needed by the Constitution, established the number of directors a society should have their tenure and even the essential eminent domain powers.
• The decision could be noteworthy in light of concerns expressed by states that the new Central Ministry of Cooperation would disempower them.