When there is a conflict between the regional and federal laws under the concurrent legislative list, the

  • A Federal laws would prevail
  • B Federal laws would be declared unll and void
  • C regional was would prevail
  • D Head of State would settle the conflict
  • E Supreme Court would settle the conflict in favour of the region
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The correct answer is A. Federal laws would prevail

The concurrent legislative list is a list of matters on which both the federal and state governments can make laws, subject to the provisions of the Constitution.

However, in case of any inconsistency between the federal and state laws on any matter in the concurrent legislative list, the federal law shall prevail and the state law shall be void to the extent of the inconsistency, as stated in section 4 (5) of the Constitution

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