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Justice Kurian Joseph Committee
February 22 , 2026
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- Justice Kurian Joseph, High-Level Committee on Union-State Relations – Part I of the report was presented in the Tamil Nadu Assembly.
- The committee was chaired by Justice Kurian Joseph, a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.
- The other members of the committee were K. Ashok Vardhan Shetty and Dr. M. Naganathan.
- The report recommended that the Governors of States should be divested of their role as Chancellors of State universities.
- It suggested that education be shifted back entirely to the State List from the Concurrent List.
- The report clarified that the objective is not to diminish the Union’s role but to “right-size” it.
- It stated that federalism is the foundation of India’s pluralistic character.
- The report emphasized that amendments strengthening federalism “will not weaken the Union of India.”
- Earlier, the Justice Rajamannar Committee was appointed in 1969 by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.
- The Justice Rajamannar Committee members included A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar and P. Chandra Shetty.
- The Supreme Court’s judgment in the S.R. Bommai case (1994) held that federalism is part of the basic structure of the Constitution.
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