VoxJuris
Home › Acts › Constitution › Part XI › Article 262

Constitution of India · Part XI: Relations Between the Union and the States · Disputes relating to Waters

Article 262: Adjudication of disputes relating to waters of inter-State rivers or river valleys

In plain words

Parliament can by law provide for deciding disputes or complaints about the use, distribution or control of the waters of any inter-State river or river valley. It can also provide that neither the Supreme Court nor any other court has jurisdiction over such disputes.

A simplified explanation, prepared with AI assistance from the official text below and checked automatically against it for numbers and cross-references. The official text is the law and prevails over this summary. Not legal advice.

Official text

(1) Parliament may by law provide for the adjudication of any dispute or complaint with respect to the use, distribution or control of the waters of, or in, any inter-State river or river valley.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, Parliament may by law provide that neither the Supreme Court nor any other court shall exercise jurisdiction in respect of any such dispute or complaint as is referred to in clause (1). Co-ordination between

Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the official text of the Constitution of India. As amended up to the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023. Text as on 10 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.

Supreme Court judgments citing the article 262