The Constitution of India
Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament under articles 249 and 250 and
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 251
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official sourcelaws made by the Legislatures of States:- Nothing in articles 249 and 250 shall restrict the
power of the Legislature of a State to make any law which under this Constitution it has
power to make, but if any provision of a law made by the Legislature of a State is repugnant
to any provision of a law made by Parliament which Parliament has under either of the said
articles power to make, the law made by Parliament, whether passed before or after the law
made by the Legislature of the State, shall prevail, and the law made by the Legislature of
the State shall to the extent of the repugnancy, but so long only as the law made by
Parliament continues to have effect, be inoperative.
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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