Concurrent List

The Concurrent List, also called List III, is found in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. It comprises 52 numbered items covering subjects on which both the Union Parliament and the state legislatures may make law, including criminal law, criminal procedure, education, forests, and labour disputes. Where a law made by a state legislature conflicts with a law made by Parliament on the same subject, Parliament's law prevails, except where the state law has received the assent of the President of India. As part of India's constitutional framework since its adoption, the Concurrent List remains active and continues to structure the division of federal and state lawmaking authority within the Republic of India.