Kerala High Court strikes down restriction on consecutive re-election of Credit Society members

The Court observed that Section 28(2A) of the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act placed unreasonable restrictions on credit committee elections and undermined the autonomy of cooperative societies.
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The Kerala High Court recently struck down as unconstitutional Section 28(2A) of the Kerala Cooperative Societies Act, 1969, which restricted members of credit cooperative societies from serving on the managing committee for more than three consecutive terms [Babu K Korah & anr v State of Kerala & ors and connected cases].

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