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The Supreme Court on Thursday, in a judgment championing the importance of “cooperative federalism” for the well-being of democracy, held that Union and State legislatures have “equal, simultaneous and unique powers” to make laws on Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the recommendations of the GST Council are not binding on them. The apex court’s decision came while confirming a Gujarat High Court ruling that the Centre cannot levy Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) on ocean freight from Indian importers. “The recommendations of the GST Council are the product of a collaborative dialogue involving the Union and the States. They are recommendatory in nature… The recommendations only have a persuasive value. To regard them as binding would disrupt fiscal federalism when both the Union and the States are conferred equal power to legislate on GST,” a Bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud held. The court emphasised that Article 246A (which gives the States power to make laws with respec...

Governor: Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao CM:Devendra Fadnavis

( 1) The Supreme Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction may pass such decree or make such order as is necessary for doing complete  justice  in any cause or matter pending before it, and any decree so passed or order so made shall be enforceable throughout the territory of India in such manner as may be prescribed by or under any law made by Parliament and, until provision in that behalf is so made, in such manner as the President may by order prescribe. (2) Subject to the provisions of any law made in this behalf by Parliament, the Supreme Court shall, as respects the whole of the territory of India, have all and every power to make any order for the purpose of securing the attendance of any person, the discovery or production of any  documents , or the  investigation  or  punishment  of any  contempt of itself .

Governor:V.P.Singh Badnore CM:Amarinder Singh

Governor ESL Narasimhan CM :K.Chandrashekhar Rao

The Centre's Special Representative for Kashmir.

Governor N N Vohra CM Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed

Governor Ganga Prasad  CM Mukul Sangma

 SIXTH SCHEDULE                                                    [Articles 244(2) and 275(1)]  Provisions as to the Administration of Tribal Areas in the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram 1. Autonomous districts and autonomous regions. — (1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, the tribal areas in each item of Parts I, II and IIA and in Part III of the table appended to paragraph 20 of this Schedule shall be an autonomous district. (2) If there are different Scheduled Tribes in an autonomous district, the Governor may, by public notification, divide the area or areas inhabited by them into autonomous regions.  (3) The Governor may, by public notification,—  (a) include any area in any of the Parts of the said table,  (b) exclude any area from any of the Parts of the said table,  (c) ...

The Central armed force deployed along the Nepal-Bhutan border. Director General:Rajni Kant Mishra

370. Temporary provisions with respect to the State of Jammu and Kashmir (1)  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Constitution,— (a) the provisions of article 238 shall not apply now in relation to the state of Jammu and Kashmir; (b) the power of Parliament to make laws for the said state shall be limited to— (i) those matters in the Union List and the Concurrent List which, in consultation with the Government of the State, are declared by the President to correspond to matters specified in the Instrument of Accession governing the accession of the State to the Dominion of India as the matters with respect to which the Dominion Legislature may make laws for that State; and (ii) such other matters in the said Lists as, with the concurrence of the Government of the State, the President may by order specify. Explanation : For the purpose of this article, the Government of the State means the person for the time be...

35A.Saving of laws with respect to permanent residents and their rights.  — Notwithstanding anything contained in this Constitution, no existing law in force in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, and no law hereafter enacted by the Legislature of the State: (a) defining the classes of persons who are, or shall be, permanent residents of the State of Jammu and Kashmir; or (b) conferring on such permanent residents any special rights and privileges or imposing upon other persons any restrictions as respects— (i) employment under the State Government; (ii) acquisition of immovable property in the State; (iii) settlement in the State; or (iv) right to scholarships and such other forms of aid as the State Government may provide, shall be void on the ground that it is inconsistent with or takes away or abridges any rights conferred on the other citizens of India by any provision of this part." Article 35A was incorporated into the Constitution in 1954 by an order of the then P...