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Inter-State Council, in Australia an inter-State Commission is established for the execution and maintenance within the Commonwealth of the provisions of the Australian Constitution relating to trade and commerce; in U.S.A. the Council of State Governments is created to consider inter-State problems of broadest character, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 6th Edn., Vol. K, p. 200.

Inter-State Council, in India, the Inter-State Council is established by the President by an Order in the public interest the President defines the nature of duties to be performed by it and its organisation and procedure; the duties of the Council are:

(a) to inquire into and advise upon disputes which may have arises between States;

(b) to investigate and discuss subject of common interest between the Union and the States or between two or more States;

(c) to make recommendation upon any such subject particularly for better co-ordination of policy and action with respect to that subject, Constitution of India, Art. 263.

Inter-State Council, is a Constitutional body for effecting co-ordination between States. (Constitu-tion of India, Art. 263)

Inter-State Council, it is not necessarily a permanent body, it can be ad hoc, separate councils can be set up to deal with separate subjects, Commentary on Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. K, p. 202.

Inter-State Council, the creation of inter-State Council would not oust the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under Art. 131, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. K, p. 201.