Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India

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constitutional schedule

The Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India is the constitutional framework that divides legislative subjects between the Union and the states, defining their respective areas of law-making authority.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Concurrent List of Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India	1
Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India	1
Seventh Schedule – List of Federal and Concurrent Legislative Lists	1
State List of Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional schedule ⓘ
adoptedOn	26 January 1950 ⓘ
allocatesConcurrentPowerTo	Parliament and State Legislatures for subjects in the Concurrent List ⓘ
allocatesExclusivePowerTo	Parliament for subjects in the Union List ⓘ State Legislatures for subjects in the State List (subject to constitutional exceptions) ⓘ
amendedBy	42nd Amendment of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ various other constitutional amendments shifting subjects between lists ⓘ
appliesTo	States of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Union of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Union territories of India (subject to constitutional provisions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	federal division of powers ⓘ
bindingOn	all legislative bodies in India ⓘ
classificationPrinciple	matters of national importance placed in Union List ⓘ matters of regional or local importance placed in State List ⓘ matters requiring uniform national policy but also state participation placed in Concurrent List ⓘ
containsList	Concurrent List NERFINISHED ⓘ State List NERFINISHED ⓘ Union List NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
defines	distribution of subjects for law‑making between different levels of government ⓘ division of legislative powers between Union and States ⓘ
enables	federal structure of India ⓘ
governs	legislative competence of Parliament ⓘ legislative competence of State Legislatures ⓘ
influencedBy	Government of India Act 1935 NERFINISHED ⓘ
interpretedBy	High Courts of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Court of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	binding ⓘ
originallyEnactedOn	26 November 1949 ⓘ
partOf	Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to prevent legislative overlap and conflict between Union and States ⓘ
relatedTo	Article 246 of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 248 of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ residuary powers of legislation ⓘ
subjectCount	Concurrent List originally had 47 subjects NERFINISHED ⓘ State List originally had 66 subjects NERFINISHED ⓘ Union List originally had 97 subjects ⓘ
subjectCountNote	number of entries in each list has changed through constitutional amendments ⓘ
subjectExamplesConcurrentList	criminal law ⓘ education ⓘ marriage and divorce ⓘ
subjectExamplesStateList	police ⓘ public health and sanitation ⓘ public order ⓘ
subjectExamplesUnionList	atomic energy ⓘ defence ⓘ foreign affairs ⓘ
subjectTo	constitutional amendments ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Himachal Pradesh state laws → basedOn → Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: State List of Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India

Himachal Pradesh state laws → basedOn → Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Concurrent List of Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India

Federal Constitution of Malaysia → containsSchedule → Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seventh Schedule – List of Federal and Concurrent Legislative Lists

State Governments of India → derivePowersFrom → Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ

Himachal Pradesh state laws → enablingProvision → Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India