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Article 263
Provisions with respect to an inter-State Council

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Article 263 / Part XI

Provisions with respect to an inter-State Council

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THE PLAIN-LANGUAGE GUIDE

What does this mean?

The President can establish an Inter-State Council for the specified advisory, investigative and coordination purposes when public interest requires. Its assigned duties and organisation depend on the presidential order.

Who can make laws and how Union and State executive responsibilities interact.

PURPOSE & CONTEXT

Why is this provision here?

Intergovernmental disputes and common interests can benefit from an organised consultation and coordination forum.

Historical evidence

This Article number belongs to the original constitutional framework, but its present wording may include later amendments or substitutions. A provision-specific original Assembly debate has not been verified here. The explanation of function above is editorial inference from the text, not an attributed single motive of the framers. The original draft-making archive is a research resource, not proof of a particular historical reason.

The explanation of purpose is an editorial reading of the provision. A drafting motive is attributed only where a linked historical source supports it.

Limits, exceptions & reading carefully

Educational summary of the linked source text. Exceptions, provisos, implementing laws and applicable judgments must be read before applying it to a real case.

Read the official constitutional text
263. Provisions with respect to an inter-State Council.—If 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 advising upon disputes which may have arisen between States; (b) investigating and discussing subjects in which some or all of the States, or the Union and one or more of the States, have a common interest; or (c) making recommendations upon any such subject and, in particular, recommendations for the better co-ordination of policy and action with respect to that subject, it shall be lawful for the President by order to establish such a Council, and to define the nature of the duties to be performed by it and its organisation and procedure.

Extracted from the Legislative Department’s May 2026 edition. Page footnotes may refer to neighbouring provisions; check their markers in the PDF. Inclusion in this edition does not by itself establish commencement or judicial effect.

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References naming Article 263

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