Bihar Police Constable Model Paper 5

Article 131 of the Indian Constitution provides the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in center-state and interstate disputes.

• The jurisdiction is exclusive, meaning no other court can decide such disputes, and the power to hear such disputes at first instance lies with the Supreme Court.
• The dispute must involve a question of the existence of legal rights.
• Political issues excluded from it.
• Any issue brought by a private citizen against the center and state cannot be entertained under this.