Relations between the Union and the States

• 245Extent of laws made by Parliament and by the Legislatures of States(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may make laws for the whole or any part of the territory of India, and the Legislature of a State may make laws for t
• 246Subject-matter of laws made by Parliament and by the Legislatures of States(1) Notwithstanding anything in clauses (2) and (3), Parliament has exclusive power to make laws with respect to any of the matters enumerated in List I in the Seventh Schedule (in
• 246ASpecial provision with respect to goods and services tax(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in articles 246 and 254, Parliament, and, subject to clause (2), the Legislature of every State, have power to make laws with respect to good
• 247Power of Parliament to provide for the establishment of certain additional courtsNotwithstanding anything in this Chapter, Parliament may by law provide for the establishment of any additional courts for the better administration of laws made by Parliament or o
• 248Residuary powers of legislation(1) Parliament has exclusive power to make any law with respect to any matter not enumerated in the Concurrent List or State List.   (2) Such power shall include the power of mak
• 249Power of Parliament to legislate with respect to a matter in the State List in the national interest(1) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, if the Council of States has declared by resolution supported by not less than twothirds of the members pr
• 250Power of Parliament to legislate with respect to any matter in the State List if a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter, Parliament shall, while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, have power to make laws for the whole or any part of the territor
• 251Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament under articles 249 and 250 and laws made by the Legislatures of StatesNothing in articles 249 and 250 shall restrict the power of the Legislature of a State to make any law which under this Constitution it has power to make, but if any provision of a
• 252Power of Parliament to legislate for two or more States by consent and adoption of such legislation by(1) If it appears to the Legislatures of two or more States to be desirable that any of the matters with respect to which Parliament has no power to make laws for the States except
• 253Legislation for giving effect to international agreementsNotwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, Parliament has power to make any law for the whole or any part of the territory of India for implementing any
• 254Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament and laws made by the Legislatures of States(1) If any provision of a law made by the Legislature of a State is repugnant to any provision of a law made by Parliament which Parliament is competent to enact, or to any provisi
• 255Requirements as to recommendations and previous sanctions to be regarded as matters of procedure onlyNo Act of Parliament or of the Legislature of a State and no provision in any such Act, shall be invalid by reason only that some recommendation or previous sanction required by th
• 256Obligation of States and the UnionThe executive power of every State shall be so exercised as to ensure compliance with the laws made by Parliament and any existing laws which apply in that State, and the executive
• 257Control of the Union over States in certain cases(1) The executive power of every State shall be so exercised as not to impede or prejudice the exercise of the executive power of the Union, and the executive power of the Union sh
• 258Power of the Union to confer powers, etc, on States in certain cases(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, the President may, with the consent of the Government of a State, entrust either conditionally or unconditionally to that Governm
• 258APower of the States to entrust functions to the UnionNotwithstanding anything in this Constitution, the Governor of a State may, with the consent of the Government of India, entrust either conditionally or unconditionally to that Gov
• 260Jurisdiction of the Union in relation to territories outside IndiaThe Government of India may by agreement with the Government of any territory not being part of the territory of India undertake any executive, legislative or judicial functions ve
• 261Public acts, records and judicial proceedings(1) Full faith and credit shall be given throughout the territory of India to public acts, records and judicial proceedings of the Union and of every State.   (2) The manner in w
• 262Adjudication of disputes relating to waters of interState rivers or river valleys(1) Parliament may by law provide for the adjudication of any dispute or complaint with respect to the use, distribution or control of the waters of, or in, any inter-State river o
• 263Provisions with respect to an inter-State CouncilIf at any time it appears to the President that the public interests would be served by the establishment of a Council charged with the duty of —   (a) inquiring into and advisin