3[79. Suits by or against Government. —In a suit by or against the Government, the authority to be named as plaintiff or defendant, as the case may be, shall be—
(a) in the case of a suit by or against the Central Government, 4[the Union of India], and
(b) in the case of a suit by or against a State Government, the State.]
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