Article 246 read with schedule 7 of Indian

constitution :

Legislative Relations between the Union and the
States :
Legislative Relations between the Union and
the States
Extent of Laws made by Parliament
The Legislatures of State Parliament may
make laws for the whole or any part of the
territory of India.
Legislature of a State may make laws for
the whole or any part of the State.






Division of Legislative Jurisdiction :
Division of Legislative Jurisdiction There are
three lists in the Seventh Schedule: List I
(Union List) List II (State List) List III
(Concurrent List) Parliament has exclusive
power to make laws with respect to any matter
contained in List-I (Union List). [Article
246(1)]

Division of Legislative Jurisdiction :
Division of Legislative Jurisdiction Parliament
as also Legislature of any State have power to
make laws with respect to any matter
contained in List-III (Concurrent List).
Legislature of any State has exclusive power to
make laws with respect to any matter
contained in List-II (State List). Parliament
can make laws with respect to any matter
contained in the State List for any part of the
territory of India not included in a State.
[Article 246(4)]

Division of Legislative Jurisdiction :
Division of Legislative Jurisdiction Union List
The Union List includes matters, such as,
Defence, Foreign Affairs, Foreign
Jurisdictions, Citizenship, Railways, Posts &
Telegraphs, Telephones, Wireless,
Broadcasting and other like forms of
communication, Airways, Banking, Coinage,
Currency, Union Duties and Taxes, etc.

Division of Legislative Jurisdiction :
Division of Legislative Jurisdiction State List
The State List includes items, such as, Public
Order, Police, Public Health, Local
Government, Agriculture, Land, Rights in or
over Land, land Tenures, Land Improvement,
Alienation of Agricultural Land, Colonisation,
Fisheries, Markets and Fairs, Money Lending
and Money Lenders, Relief of Agricultural
Indebtedness, etc. and certain duties and
taxes.

Division of Legislative Jurisdiction :
Division of Legislative Jurisdiction Concurrent
list The Concurrent List includes items of
concurrent legislative jurisdiction of the Union
and the States, such as, Criminal Law, Criminal
Procedure, Administration of Justice,
Constitution and Organisation of all Courts,
except the Supreme Court and the High
Courts, Marriage and Divorce, Adoption, Wills,
Forests, Economic and Social Planning,
Population control and Family Planning, Social
Insurance, Welfare of Labour, etc.