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Article 295 of the Constitution of India

Article
295
Chapter
CHAPTER I.—F INANCE — General
Index row title
(1) As from the commencement of this
Source document
India Constitution
Provision ID
5dfd2701-4fb7-40b4-8d2c-dcfab3acf8ef

258 words

Verbatim text

Constitution— (a) all property and assets which immediately before such commencement were vested in any Indian State corresponding to a State specified in Part B of the First Schedule shall vest in the Union, if the purposes for which such property and assets were held immediately before such commencement will thereafter be purposes of the Union relating to any of the matters enumerated in the Union List, andSuccession to property, assets,rights, liabilitiesand obligations incertain cases. Succession to property, assets,rights, liabilitiesand obligations inother cases.THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (Part XII. —Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits. — Arts. 293—295.)175 (b) all rights, liabilities and obligations of the Government of any Indian State corresponding to aState specified in Part B of the First Schedule, whetherarising out of any contract or otherwise, shall be the rights, liabilities and obligations of the Government of India, if the purposes for which such rights wereacquired or liabilities or obligations were incurred before such commencement will thereafter be purposes of the Government of India relating to anyof the matters enumerated in the Union List, subject to any agreement entered into in that behalf by the Government of India with the Government of that State. (2) Subject as aforesaid, the Government of each State specified in Part B of the First Schedule shall, as from the commencement of this Constitution, be the successor of the Government of the corresponding Indian State as regards all property and assets and all rights, liabilitiesand obligations, whether arising out of any contract or otherwise, other than those referred to in clause (1).

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 295 of the Constitution of India.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER I.—F INANCE — General”.
  • The passage runs to about 258 words.
  • Read plainly, it mentions property — it addresses property, possession, or taking property compulsorily (the words used: “property”).

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