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Residuay Powers of Legislation (Article 248)
Constitutional & Public Law Doctrines
Definition
The constitutional vesting of exclusive power in the Union Parliament to make any law regarding any matter not enumerated in the Concurrent List or State List, including the power of imposing a tax not mentioned in those lists.
Example
When information technology and cybercrime emerged as new fields not mentioned anywhere in the Seventh Schedule lists of 1950, Parliament enacted the Information Technology Act, 2000 under its residuary powers under Article 248 and Entry 97 of List I.