Constitution of India · Part IV: Directive Principles of State Policy
Article 36: Definition
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, “the State” has the same meaning as in Part III.
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 36
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involved and in I.R. Coelho v. State of T.N. [(1999) 7
(1) Whether Article 31C (as upheld in Kesavananda Bharati case) survives in the Constitution after amendment to the provision by the forty-second amendment was struck down by the Supreme Court in Minerva Mills case; and…
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The State of West Bengal v. Union of India
Instant suit has been filed by the State of West Bengal against Union of India seeking declaration that registration of cases by the defendant-UOI after withdrawal of Notification u/s. 6 of the DSPE Act by the…
- In Re: Article 370 of the Constitution v. .
- Coal India Limited v. Competition Commission
- Lok Prahari, Through Its General Secretary S. N. Shukla v. Union of India & Others Writ Petition (C) No. 784 of 2015 February 16, 2018
- Supreme Court Advocates-On-Record Association and Another v. Union of India
- Shatrughan Chauhan & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.
- Mrs. Satimbla Sharma and Ors. v. St. Pauls Senior Secondary School and Ors.
- Arun Kumar Agrawal and Another v. National Insurance Company and Others
- I. R. Coelho (Dead) by Lrs. v. State of Tamil Nadu
- Pradeep Kumar Biswas and Ors. v. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology and Ors.
- S.R. Bommai v. Union of India and Ors.
- Ravi S. Naik and Sanjay Bandekar and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.
- K. Veeraswami v. Union of India and Others
- Delhi Transport Corporation v. D.T.C. Mazdoor Congress