Do states have right to secede?

Secession is an act whereby a region of a nation removes itself from the larger nation. Lately, this issue has been raised in high circles in several states of our federation.

IN contrast to unitary states, a federation is marked by the existence of dual governments. There is a constitutional division of legislative, executive, judicial and financial powers between the central government and semi-autonomous state/provincial/regional governments. There is “self-rule plus shared rule”.