{"id":1348,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-the-mechanism-for-settling-inter-state-disputes-in-150-upsc-psir-2020-2206\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:13","slug":"comment-on-the-mechanism-for-settling-inter-state-disputes-in-150-upsc-psir-2020-2206","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-the-mechanism-for-settling-inter-state-disputes-in-150-upsc-psir-2020-2206\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment on the Mechanism for settling inter-state disputes in 150 words."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> divided powers\/interests <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> disputes built into the system <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Constitution offers judicial + extra-judicial mechanisms<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> federalism breeds conflict by design <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Constitution responds through courts, tribunals and councils<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Article 131 (SC exclusive original jurisdiction, legal not political) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Article 262 (Parliament, river water disputes, ousts Court, ISWD Act 1956 tribunals) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Article 263 Inter-State Council advisory + Zonal Councils \/ NITI Aayog \/ mediation \/ GST Council <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> rationale: many disputes political, not merely legal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>water tribunal system the weak link <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> delay in constitution + award, weak enforcement, Article 136 appeals despite Article 262 bar <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Nariman<\/b>: innovative experiment that failed in performance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> mechanism layered but uneven <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> needs basin-wide, cooperative reform<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> 2019 Bill (permanent tribunal, Disputes Resolution Committee) only partly repairs the gap<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[41],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[63],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1348","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-41","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-federalism","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4760,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1348\/revisions\/4760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1348"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1348"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1348"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}