The power of the Supreme Court of India to decide disputes between the Centre and the States falls under its

1. The Supreme Court of India possesses different types of jurisdiction: original, appellate, and advisory. 2. Original jurisdiction refers to cases that the Supreme Court can hear directly in the first instance, without the case having gone through a lower court. 3. Article 131 of the Constitution of India specifies the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. This includes disputes between the Government of India (Centre) and one or more States; between the Centre and any State or States on one side and one or more other States on the other side; or between two or more States. 4. Appellate jurisdiction involves hearing appeals from lower courts. Advisory jurisdiction (Article 143) allows the President to seek the Court's opinion on legal matters. 5. Therefore, deciding disputes between the Centre and the States falls under the Supreme Court's original jurisdiction.