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Under Article 300 of the Constitution of India, the Union of India or a State may sue or be sued in relation to its affairs. The extent of such liability is stated to be the same as that of which of the following?

Article 300 provides that the Union and States can sue or be sued, and their liability is the same as that of the Dominion of India and the Provinces before the Constitution, subject to laws made by Parliament or State legislatures.

  1. AThe Dominion of India and the Provinces before the Constitution came into force, as it would have been under the corresponding earlier lawsCorrect
  2. BA private individual under the Indian Penal Code only
  3. CA foreign sovereign under international law
  4. DA statutory corporation under its own incorporating Act

Explanation

Article 300 links the liability of the Union and States to that of the Dominion of India and the Provinces under the pre-Constitution laws, subject to legislative changes. The other options refer to unrelated standards of liability that the Article does not adopt.

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