Article 239 ('Administration of Union territories') in Part VIII (The Union Territories) defines how Union Territories are administered by the President through Administrators/Lieutenant Governors, provides for elected Legislatures and Councils of Ministers in UTs like Puducherry (Art 239A) and the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Art 239AA), and regulates High Court jurisdiction for UTs (Art 241).
Article 239A ('Creation of local Legislatures or Council of Ministers or both for certain Union territories') in Part VIII (The Union Territories) defines how Union Territories are administered by the President through Administrators/Lieutenant Governors, provides for elected Legislatures and Councils of Ministers in UTs like Puducherry (Art 239A) and the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Art 239AA), and regulates High Court jurisdiction for UTs (Art 241).
Article 239B ('Power of administrator to promulgate Ordinances during recess of Legislature') in Part VIII (The Union Territories) defines how Union Territories are administered by the President through Administrators/Lieutenant Governors, provides for elected Legislatures and Councils of Ministers in UTs like Puducherry (Art 239A) and the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Art 239AA), and regulates High Court jurisdiction for UTs (Art 241).
Article 239AA ('Special provisions with respect to Delhi') in Part VIII (The Union Territories) defines how Union Territories are administered by the President through Administrators/Lieutenant Governors, provides for elected Legislatures and Councils of Ministers in UTs like Puducherry (Art 239A) and the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Art 239AA), and regulates High Court jurisdiction for UTs (Art 241).
Article 239AB ('Provision in case of failure of constitutional machinery') in Part VIII (The Union Territories) defines how Union Territories are administered by the President through Administrators/Lieutenant Governors, provides for elected Legislatures and Councils of Ministers in UTs like Puducherry (Art 239A) and the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Art 239AA), and regulates High Court jurisdiction for UTs (Art 241).
Article 240 ('Power of President to make regulations for certain Union territories') in Part VIII (The Union Territories) defines how Union Territories are administered by the President through Administrators/Lieutenant Governors, provides for elected Legislatures and Councils of Ministers in UTs like Puducherry (Art 239A) and the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Art 239AA), and regulates High Court jurisdiction for UTs (Art 241).
Article 241 ('High Courts for Union territories') in Part VIII (The Union Territories) defines how Union Territories are administered by the President through Administrators/Lieutenant Governors, provides for elected Legislatures and Councils of Ministers in UTs like Puducherry (Art 239A) and the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Art 239AA), and regulates High Court jurisdiction for UTs (Art 241).
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