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Sundaram Textiles Ltd, a Coimbatore firm, wants to know which legislature may make laws on 'trade unions; industrial and labour disputes'. Under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, in which list does this entry fall?

Trade unions and industrial and labour disputes fall in the Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule. Parliament and State legislatures can both make laws on them, with Parliament's law prevailing over a conflicting State law in the usual manner under Article 254.

  1. AUnion List only
  2. BState List only
  3. CConcurrent ListCorrect
  4. DResiduary list under Article 248 outside all three lists

Explanation

Trade unions, industrial and labour disputes appear in the Concurrent List, so both Parliament and State legislatures can legislate on them. Placing the entry in the Union List or State List alone would deny one of the two legislatures a power it has. It is not a residuary matter because it is expressly listed.

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