Constitution of India · Part I: The Union and Its Territory
Article 2: Admission or establishment of new States
In plain words
Parliament can, by law, admit new States into the Union or establish new States, on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.
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Official text
Parliament may by law admit into the Union, or establish, new States on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the official text of the Constitution of India. As amended up to the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023. Text as on 10 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the article 2
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All India Football Federation v. Rahul Mehra & Ors.
Should Eminent Players be in the General Body; if so, to what extent; what should be the Eligibility criteria to be designated an Eminent Player; whether ‘Office bearers’ should be limited to President, Treasurer,…
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K. Purushottam Reddy v. Union of India and Ors.
(a) Whether the exclusion of the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (or any other State), from the scope of delimitation under the Impugned Notifications and limiting it only to the Union Territory of Jammu and…
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Ram Kishor Arora v. Directorate of
Whether the action of the respondent ED in handing over the document containing the grounds of the arrest to arrestee and taking it back after obtaining the endorsement and his signature thereon, as a token of he having…
- In Re: Article 370 of the Constitution v. .
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The State of Telangana & Ors. v. M/S Tirumala
The Constitution (101st Amendment) Act, 2016, introduces a fundamental re-ordering of the constitutional premise of taxation by the Union and State Governments in India. It is the framework to enable the introduction of…
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Union Territory of Ladakh v. Jammu and Kashmir
High Court whether justified in dismissing the appeal filed by appellants and upholding the interim order of Single Judge directing them to notify the symbol allotted to Respondent no.1 (R1) and allow the candidates set…
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- Haji Abdul Gani Khan & Anr. v. Union of India &
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- Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India
- Harbhajan Singh v. State of Haryana & Ors.
- The State of Telangana & Anr v. B. Subba Rayudu and Others
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- Chebrolu Leela Prasad Rao & Ors. v. State of A.P. & Ors.
- Benedict Denis Kinny v. Tulip Brian Miranda & Ors.
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- National Institute of Medical Science University Rajasthan & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan & Ors.
- Independent Thought v. Union of India & Anr.
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- Ranjan Sinha & Anr. v. Ajay Kumar Vishwakarma & Ors.
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- Meera Santosh Pal and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
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- Vishal N. Kalsaria v. Bank of India & Ors.
- Satya Pal Anand v. State of M.P. & Anr.
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- Raja Ram Pal v. The Honble Speaker, Lok Sabha & Ors.
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- Confederation of Ex-Servicemen Associations and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
- State of Maharashtra v. Sant Dnyaneshwar Shikshan Shastra Mahavidyalaya and Ors.
- Kapila Hingorani v. State of Bihar
- Jamshed N. Guzdar v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
- M.P. High Court Bar Association v. Union of India and Ors.
- Engineering Kamgar Union v. M/S. Electro Steels Castings Ltd. and Anr.
- K. Anbazhagan v. The Superintendent of Police and Ors. Etc.
- Vijay Lakshmi v. Punjab University and Ors.
- State of Uttaranchal and Ors. v. Sidharth Srivastava and Ors.
- Kapila Hingorani v. State of Bihar
- Lalita Jalan and Anr. v. Bombay Gas Co. Ltd. and Ors.
- M/S. Kanaka Gruha Nirman Sahakara Sangha v. Smt. Narayanamma (Since Deceased) by Lrs. and Ors.
- Chowdarapu Raghunandan v. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors.
- Roy V.D. v. State of Kerala
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- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India and Ors.
- P.A. Naryanan v. Union of India and Ors.
- Madhu Kishwar and Ors. Etc. v. State of Bihar and Ors.
- C. Masilamani Mudaliar and Ors. v. The Idol of Sri Swaminathaswami Swaminathaswami Thirukoil and Ors.
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- State of Sikkim v. Surendra Prasad Sharma and Ors. Etc. Etc.
- S.R. Bommai v. Union of India and Ors.
- All India Judges, Association and Ors v. Union of India and Ors.
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- K. Veeraswami v. Union of India and Others
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- Dr. D.C. Wadhwa & Ors. v. State of Bihar & Ors.
- S.P. Sampath Kumar Etc. v. Union of India & Ors.
- S.G. Chemical and Dyes Trading Employees' Union v. S.G. Chemicals and Dyes Trading Limited and Another
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- Prabodh Verma and Others, Etc. v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Others, Etc.
- Ram Chandra Mawa Lal and Others Etc. v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Others Etc.
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- B. S. Yadav and Others Etc. v. State of Haryana and Others Etc,
- Bachan Singh Etc. Etc. v. State of Punjab Etc. Etc.
- Swaran Lata v. Union of India & Ors .
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- State Bank of India v. Shr N. Sundara Money
- Amrit Lal Berry v. Collector of Central Excise, New Delhi & Ors.
- His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala
- Chandra Prakash Agarwal v. Chaturbhuj Das Parikh & Ors.
- Chandramouleshwar Prasad v. Patna High Court & Ors.
- Babu Ram Prakash Chandra Maheshw Ari v. Antarim Zila Parishad Muzaffar Nagar
- Union of India & Anr. v. P. K. Roy & Ors.
- The Century Spg. & Mfg. Co. Ltd. v. District Municipality of Ulhasnagar
- Satwant Singh Sawhney v. D. Ramarathnam, Assistant Passport Officer Government of India, New Delhi and Others
- Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha v. Sitamarhi Central Co-Operative Bank Ltd. & Anr.
- Mangal Singh & Anr. v. Union of India
- State of Maharashtra v. Prabhakar Pandurang Sangzgiri and Another
- State of West Bengal v. Union of India
- The Gujarat University, Ahmedabad v. Krishna Ranganath Mudholkar and Others