Constitution of India, 1949
200.Suits and proceedings.-
(1) The Governor of India may sue or be sued
by the name of the Union 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.