254. Inconsistency 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 provisionKEEP READING

255. Requirements as to recommendations and previous sanctions to be regarded as matters of procedure only. No 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 this ConstitutionKEEP READING

CHAPTER II – ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONS General 256. Obligation of States and the Union. The 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 power of the Union shallKEEP READING

257. Control 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 shall extend to the giving of suchKEEP READING

257A. Assistance to States by deployment of armed forces or other forces of the Union. Rep. by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 33 (w.e.f. 20-6-1979) Read Constitution of India in a systematic way. Download Constitution of India PDF.KEEP READING

258. Power 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 Government or to its officers functions in relation to any matterKEEP READING

258A. Power of the States to entrust functions to the Union. Notwithstanding 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 Government or to its officers functions in relation to any matter to whichKEEP READING

259. Armed Forces in States in Part B of the First Schedule. Rep. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. Read Constitution of India in a systematic way. Download Constitution of India PDF.KEEP READING

260. Jurisdiction of the Union in relation to territories outside India. The 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 vested in the Government of such territory, but every such agreementKEEP READING

261. Public 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 which and the conditions under which the acts, records and proceedings referredKEEP READING

Disputes relating to Waters 262. Adjudication of disputes relating to waters of inter-State 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 or riverKEEP READING

Co-ordination between States 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 betweenKEEP READING

264. Interpretation. In this Part, “Finance Commission” means a Finance Commission constituted under article 280. Read Constitution of India in a systematic way. Download Constitution of India PDF.KEEP READING

265. Taxes not to be imposed save by authority of law. No tax shall be levied or collected except by authority of law. Read Constitution of India in a systematic way. Download Constitution of India PDF.KEEP READING

266. Consolidated Funds and public accounts of India and of the States. (1) Subject to the provisions of article 267 and to the provisions of this Chapter with respect to the assignment of the whole or part of the net proceeds of certain taxes and duties to States, all revenuesKEEP READING

267. Contingency Fund. (1) Parliament may by law establish a Contingency Fund in the nature of an imprest to be entitled “the Contingency Fund of India” into which shall be paid from time to time such sums as may be determined by such law, and the said Fund shall beKEEP READING