Article 246-A: Federal Equity Provision

(1) Where Parliament makes a law that has the direct and measurable effect of —

(a) reducing the share of any State in the House of the People below its share at the commencement of the Constitution (Amendment) Act [Year] by more than 0.5 percentage points, or (b) reducing the horizontal devolution share of any State under the Finance Commission by more than 0.5 percentage points

without the affirmative resolution of that State's Legislative Assembly, any affected State may petition the Supreme Court of India for a declaration of federal inequity.

(2) The Supreme Court may, on issuing such declaration, suspend the operation of such law within the petitioning State, pending Parliament's legislative response within one hundred and twenty days.

(3) Parliament's response must either address the declared inequity or provide equivalent fiscal compensation to the petitioning State as certified by the Finance Commission.

(4) Nothing in this Article shall limit Parliament's power to make laws on any subject in the Union List or Concurrent List, but shall require that such laws be designed and implemented in a manner consistent with the federal character of the Union.