Article 116: Votes on account, votes of credit and exceptional grants

The Constitution of IndiaCentral Constitution · 1950

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(1) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, the House of the People shall have power—

(a) to make any grant in advance in respect of the estimated expenditure for a part of any financial Supplementary, additional or excess grants.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Constitution of India
Article	116
Marginal note	Votes on account, votes of credit and exceptional grants
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	8

Judgments that turned on this provision

OSA/6/2025 of OFFICIAL LIQUIDATOR OF M/S KIRLOSKAR INVESTMENTS AND FINANCE LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) Vs MR M C SOMASHEKARHigh Court of Karnataka · 2026-01-19
CO/1791/2019 of PANCHU GOPAL DAS Vs JAMINI RANJAN DASCalcutta High Court · 2024-02-07
M/S NORTH EASTERN CHEMICALS INDUSTRIES (P)LTD. vs M/S ASHOK PAPER MILL ( ASSAM) LTDSupreme Court of India · 2023-12-11
M/S N.V. INTERNATIONAL vs THE STATE OF ASSAMSupreme Court of India · 2019-12-06

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