THE UNION AND ITS TERRITORY

✅According to Article1 - India, that is Bharat, shall be a union of states. 

✅ The states and the territories thereof shall be as specified in the first schedule. 

✅The territory of India shall comprise —

 

(i) The territories of the states;

 

(ii) The union territories specified in the First

 

(iii) Such other territories as may be acquired.

 

✅Section 3(2) of the territorial waters , continental shelf, exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act, 1976 now provides, that the limit of the territorial water is the line at which every point is at a distance of 12 nautical 

miles from the nearest point of the appropriate base line. 

✅Another notification of the government dated 15 January , 1977 has extended the exclusive economic zone of India up to a distance of 200 nautical miles into the sea from the shore base line. This has been done under the Territorial waters, continental shelf, exclusive economic zone and other maritime zones act, 1976 

passed as the constitution 40th amendment act 1976 . 

✅Parliament may by law admit into the union, or establish new states on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit. 

✅ Formation of new states and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of 

existing states. 

✅ Parliament may by law —

 

(i) form a new state by separation of territory from any state or by uniting two or 

more states or parts of states or by uniting any territory to a part of any state

 

(ii) increase the area of any state;.

 

(iii) diminish the area of any state;

 

(iv) alter the boundaries of any state;

 

(v) alter the name of any

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