Sixth Constitutional Amendment Act 1956 – Indian Polity

Table of Contents

Federalism

In terms of legislative power-sharing, Article 246 of the Constitution confers legislative powers on the Parliament and the State Legislatures on the subjects enumerated in the Seventh Schedule
Due to this centre-heavy nature of the federal scheme, it can be argued that India does not follow a pure federal model.
We are Holding Together, Rather than Coming Together Federalism

It deals with the division of powers between the Union government and State governments
- Union List – List I
- State List – List II
- Concurrent List – List III

List 1 (97 Entries)

Defense
Army
International Relations
Ports
Railways
Highways
Communication
Any other matter not enumerated in List II or List III including any tax not mentioned in either of those Lists. (Residuary Power)

List 2 (66 Entries)

List 3 (47 Entries)

- Criminal Law
- Education
- Forest
- Trade unions
(a) in the Union List, after entry 92, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:-“92A. Taxes on the sale or purchase of goods other than newspapers, where such sale or purchase takes place in the course of inter-State trade or commerce.”; and(b) in the State List, for entry 54, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:-“54. Taxes on the sale or purchase of goods other than newspapers, subject to the provisions of entry 92A of List I.”.
Amendment of article 269.-In article 269 of the Constitution,-(a) in clause (1), after sub-clause (f), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely:-“(g) taxes on the sale or purchase of goods other than newspapers, where such sale or purchase takes place in the course of inter-State trade or commerce.”;