Part XI · General
Article 261 Public acts, records and judicial proceedings.
This article binds the Union and the States together in law. Full faith and credit are given throughout India to public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of the Union and every State. The form of proof and the effect of such acts are as Parliament provides by law. A court decree in one State is honoured in another.
- (1) Full faith and credit shall be given throughout the territory of India to public acts, records and judicial proceedings of the Union and of every State.
- (2) The manner in which and the conditions under which the acts, records and proceedings referred to in clause (1) shall be proved and the effect thereof determined shall be as provided by law made by Parliament.
- (3) Final judgments or orders delivered or passed by civil courts in any part of the territory of India shall be capable of execution anywhere within that territory according to law.
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This article binds the Union and the States together in law. Full faith and credit are given throughout India to public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of the Union and every State. The form of proof and the effect of such acts are as Parliament provides by law. A court decree in one State is honoured in another.