The question (15 marks)
Examine the administrative and financial relations between the Union and the States, and consider whether they leave the States genuinely autonomous. (15 marks)
MU Module 1, heads on Centre-State administrative relations under Part XI and finance under Part XII.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 1 · Federalism and Centre-State Relations of Constitutional Law – II.
Authorities you will need
- State of West Bengal v Union of India
- S. R. Bommai v Union of India
- Constitution (Seventy-third Amendment) Act 1992 and Constitution (Seventy-fourth Amendment) Act 1992, inserting Art. 280(3)(bb) and (c)
- Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act 2016, inserting Arts. 246A and 279A
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