Part XI · Disputes relating to Waters

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

This article covers inter-State river water disputes. Parliament may by law provide for the adjudication of disputes over the use, distribution, or control of inter-State river waters. Parliament may also exclude such disputes from the Supreme Court and other courts. Water tribunals set up under such laws handle these disputes.

1. (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. (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
3. (1) .

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