Part IXA · CHAPTER VI.—SUBORDINATE COURTS
Article 243W Powers, authority and responsibilities of Municipalities, etc.
This article gives Municipalities their purpose. A State may by law endow Municipalities with the powers and authority needed to work as institutions of self-government. The law may provide for planning and implementation of schemes for economic development and social justice. The eighteen subjects of the Twelfth Schedule are the domain of this power.
- Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Legislature of a State may, by law, endow— (a) the Municipalities with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as institutions of self-government and such law may contain provisions for the devolution of powers and responsibilities upon Municipalities, subject to such conditions as may be specified therein, with respect to— (i) the preparation of plans for economic development and social justice; (ii) the performance of functions and the implementation of schemes as may be entrusted to them including those in relation to the matters listed in the Twelfth Schedule; (b) the Committees with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to carry out the responsibilities conferred upon them including those in relation to the matters listed in the Twelfth Schedule.
What it means
Plain words summary of the article above. Not legal advice.
This article gives Municipalities their purpose. A State may by law endow Municipalities with the powers and authority needed to work as institutions of self-government. The law may provide for planning and implementation of schemes for economic development and social justice. The eighteen subjects of the Twelfth Schedule are the domain of this power. Municipalities handle the urban functions of that list.