As of 2023, there are no officially recognized flags for individual states or union territories in India
Legal provisions in the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950, and the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, do not prohibit states from adopting distinctive flags
The Supreme Court in the 1994 S. R. Bommai case declared that the Constitution does not prohibit states from having their own flags, as long as they don't dishonor the national flag
Article 51A of the Constitution mandates citizens to respect the national flag, but there's no specific provision regulating hoisting of flags other than the national flag
Parliament has enacted the Emblems and Names(Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950, and the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, which regulate the use of the national flag but don't prohibit states from having their flags
The Flag Code of India, 2002, doesn't impose restrictions on state flags, but emphasizes that it should not offend the dignity and honor of the national flag
The Flag Code of India explicitly authorizes the flying of other flags as long as they're not hoisted from the same masthead or placed higher than the national flag
Jammu and Kashmir had an officially recognized state flag from 1952 to 2019 under the special status granted by Article 370 of the Constitution
Throughout, the key theme is the recognition of state flags as long as they do not compromise the dignity and honor of the national flag