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The Constitution of India in English 2026: page 182

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151                  THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                  (Part XI.—Relations between the Union and the States)

        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 referred to in clause (1) shall be proved and the effect
thereof determined shall be as provided by law made by Parliament.
        (3) Final judgments or orders delivered or passed by civil courts in any
part of the territory of India shall be capable of execution anywhere within that
territory according to law.
                            Disputes relating to Waters
        262. Adjudication of disputes relating to waters of inter-State rivers
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or river valleys.—(1) Parliament may by law provide for the adjudication of
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any dispute or complaint with respect to the use, distribution or control of the
waters of, or in, any inter-State river or river valley.
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        (2) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, Parliament may by
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law provide that neither the Supreme Court nor any other court shall exercise
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jurisdiction in respect of any such dispute or complaint as is referred to in
clause (1).
                           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 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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