Constitution of India · Part IXB: The Co-Operative Societies
Article 243ZT: Continuance of existing laws
In plain words
State laws on co-operative societies in force before the Constitution (Ninety-seventh Amendment) Act, 2011 that conflict with this Part continue until amended or repealed, or for one year, whichever is less.
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Official text
Notwithstanding anything in this Part, any provision of any law relating to co-operative societies in force in a State immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Ninety-seventh Amendment) Act, 2011, which is inconsistent with the provisions of this Part, shall continue to be in force until amended or repealed by a competent Legislature or other competent authority or until the expiration of one year from such commencement, whichever is less.]
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the official text of the Constitution of India. As amended up to the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023. Text as on 10 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the article 243ZT
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The State of Telangana & Ors. v. M/S Tirumala
The Constitution (101st Amendment) Act, 2016, introduces a fundamental re-ordering of the constitutional premise of taxation by the Union and State Governments in India. It is the framework to enable the introduction of…
- The Bengal Secretariat Cooperative Land Mortgage Bank and Housing Society Ltd. v. Sri Aloke Kumar & Anr
- Union of India v. Rajendra N. Shah and Another
- Vipulbhai M. Chaudhary v. Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited and Others
- Thalappalam Ser. Coop. Bank Ltd. and Ors. v. State of Kerala and Ors.