In any suit in which it appears to the Court that 1[any such question as is referred to 2[in clause (1) of Article 132, read with Article 147 of the Constitution,] is involved, the Court shall not proceed to determine that question until after notice has been given to 3[the Attorney General for India] if the question of law concerns the Central Government and to the Advocate-General of the State if the question of law concerns a State Government.
Footnotes in the official text
- 1.Subs. by the A.O. 1948, for “substantial question of law as to the interpretation of the Government of India Act, 1935, or any Order-in-Council made thereunder”.
- 2.Subs. by the A.O. 1950, “In sub-section (1) of section 205 of the Government of India Act, 1935”.
- 3.Subs. ibid., for “the Advocate-General of India”.