(1) If it appears to the Legislatures of two or more States to be desirable that any of the matters with respect to which Parliament has no power to make laws for the States except as provided in articles 249 and 250 should be regulated in such States by Parliament by law, and if resolutions to that effect are passed by all the Houses of the Legislatures of those States, it shall be lawful for Parliament to pass an Act for regulating that matter accordingly, and any Act so passed shall apply to such States and to any other State by which it is adopted afterwards by resolution passed in that behalf by the House or, where there are two Houses, by each of the Houses of the Legislature of that State.
Article 252: Power of Parliament to legislate for two or more States by consent and adoption of such legislation by any other State
The Constitution of IndiaCentral Constitution · 1950
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Where this provision sits
| Act | The Constitution of India |
|---|---|
| Article | 252 |
| Marginal note | Power of Parliament to legislate for two or more States by consent and adoption of such legislation by any other State |
| Jurisdiction | Central |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Judgments citing it | 85 |
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- LPA/597/2000 of STATE OF GUJARAT Vs MANOHARSINHJI PRADYUMANSINHJI JADEJAHigh Court of Gujarat · 2000-10-11
- SCA/8308/1996 of CHANDRAKANT CHUNIBHAI PATEL Vs STATE OF GUJARATHigh Court of Gujarat · 2000-09-19
- SCA/6611/1997 of STATE OF GUJARAT Vs DILIPKUMAR RAMANLAL PATELHigh Court of Gujarat · 2000-09-19
- SCA/12543/1993 of SMT.DHANLAXMIBEN FAKIRCHAND Vs COMPETENT AUTHORITY AND DEPUTYCOLLECTOR(ULC)High Court of Gujarat · 1999-08-20
- SCA/6750/1993 of PRAKASHBHAI K BRAHMBHATT Vs STATE OF GUJARATHigh Court of Gujarat · 1999-08-19
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