PART XI RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNION AND THE STATES · CHAPTER II.— ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONS · Co-ordination between States

Article 263: Provisions with respect to an inter-State Council

The Constitution of India

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.

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1. An Inter-State Council under Article 263 may be established by:
2. Assertion (A): An Inter-State Council under Article 263 comes into existence only when the President establishes it by order. Reason (R): Article 263 itself establishes a permanent Inter-State Council, so no order of the President is required for its creation.
3. Consider the following statements: 1. Where a State incurs extra costs in carrying out a direction under Article 257(2) or (3), the sum payable by the Government of India is, in default of agreement, determined by an arbitrator appointed by the Chief Justice of India. 2. Parliament may by law provide that neither the Supreme Court nor any other court shall exercise jurisdiction in respect of a dispute relating to the waters of an inter-State river. 3. Final judgments or orders of civil courts in any part of India are capable of execution anywhere within the territory of India according to law. 4. An Inter-State Council under Article 263 can be established only by a law made by Parliament. Which of the statements given above are correct?

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