232 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
264 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 26,1948
Suits and 274. (1) The Government of India may sue or be proceedings. sued by the name of the Government of India and the Government of a State for the time being specified in Part I of the First Schedule 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 by 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 might have sued or been sued if this Constitution had not been enacted.
(2) If at the date of commencement of this Constitution—
(a) any legal proceedings are pending to which the Dominion of India is a party, the Government 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 is a Party, the corresponding State shall be deemed to be substituted for the Province in those proceedings.
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