Uttar Pradesh’s Control over Cooperative Sugar Mills Restored; State Reorganisation Alone Does Not Confer Multi-State Status: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently resolved a long-standing dispute concerning the Kisan Cooperative Sugar Factory Limited in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh. The case arose after the creation of Uttarakhand in 2000. Shareholders of the sugar cooperative argued that the bifurcation of Uttar Pradesh automatically converted their society into a multi-State cooperative society, which, under law, would require the Union government’s approval for decisions, including privatization. High Court’s Earlier Judgment In 2008, the…