## CONSTITUTION 300

### CONSTITUTION 300 — Suits and proceedings
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/constitution/300

> 300. Suits and proceedings.-(1) The Government of India may sue or
be sued by the name of the Union of India and the Government of a State may
sue or be sued by the name of the State and may, subject to any provisions which
may be made by Act of Parliament or of the Legislature of such State enacted by
virtue of powers conferred by this Constitution, sue or be sued in relation to their
respective affairs in the like cases as the Dominion of India and the corresponding
Provinces or the corresponding Indian States might have sued or been sued if
this Constitution had not been enacted.
(2) If at the commencement of this Constitution-
(a) any legal proceedings are pending to which the Dominion of
India is a party, the Union of India shall be deemed to be substituted for
the Dominion in those proceedings; and
(b) any legal proceedings are pending to which a Province or an
Indian State is a party, the corresponding State shall be deemed to be
substituted for the Province or the Indian State in those proceedings.
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