Constitution · India · PART XII · CHAPTER III — Property, Contracts, Rights, Liabilities, Obligations and Suits

Article 297 Constitution Things of value within territorial waters or continental shelf and resources of the exclusive economic zone to vest in the Union

The Constitution of India · Edition: Supplied Law Library page: pocket edition attributed to Legislative Department, as on 10 September 2026; imported 6 November 2026

¹[(1) All lands, minerals and other things of value underlying the ocean within the territorial waters, or the continental shelf, or the exclusive economic zone, of India shall vest in the Union and be held for the purposes of the Union.

(2) All other resources of the exclusive economic zone of India shall also vest in the Union and be held for the purposes of the Union.

(3) The limits of the territorial waters, the continental shelf, the exclusive economic zone, and other maritime zones, of India shall be such as may be specified, from time to time, by or under any law made by Parliament.]

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Judgments on Article 297

JAN 201318FRI

LOK 2013 (1) SC 184 · Supreme Court of India

Republic Of Italy v. Union Of India

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Judges–

ActsMaritime Zones Act, 1976 (Sections 3, 4, 6, 6(6), 7, 7(7), 7(4) and 7(4)(e)); Constitution of India (Articles 32, 143(1), 226 and 297)

APR 200811FRI

LOK 2008 (4) SC 112 · Supreme Court of India

Aban Loyd Chiles Offshore Ltd. v. Union of Indi

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JudgesJustice Ashok Bhan, Justice Dalveer Bhandari

ActsCustoms Act, 1962 (Sections 2(21), 2, 12, 86(2) and 87); Maritime Zones Act, 1976 (Sections 3(4), 3(2), 3(3), 3, 5, 6, 6(6), 7(7)(a), 7(6)(a), 7(7) and 7); Income Tax Act, 1961 (Section 9(1)(ii)); Constitution of India (Articles 1(3), 1, 265 and 297)