Article 31 of Indian Constitution: Saving of laws providing for acquisition of estates, etc.
Article 31, 31A, 31B, 31C, 31D Saving of laws providing for acquisition of estates, etc. – Constitution of India
31. [Compulsory acquisition of property.] Rep. by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 6 (w.e.f. n20-6-1979)
31A – Constitution of India
- Notwithstanding anything contained in article 13, no law providing for—
- the acquisition by the State of any estate or of any rights therein or the extinguishment or modification of any such rights, or
- the taking over of the management of any property by the State for a limited period either in the public interest or in order to secure the proper management of the property, or
- the amalgamation of two or more corporations either in the public interest or in order to secure the proper management of any of the corporations, or
- the extinguishment or modification of any rights of managing agents, secretaries and treasurers, managing directors, directors or managers of corporations,
- the extinguishment or modification of any rights accruing by virtue of any agreement, lease or licence for the purpose of searching for, or winning, any mineral or mineral oil, or the premature termination or cancellation of any such agreement, lease or licence, shall be deemed to be void on the ground that it is inconsistent with, or takes away or abridges any of the rights conferred by 1 [article 14 or article 19]: Provided that where such law is a law made by the Legislature of a State, the provisions of this article shall not apply thereto unless such law, having been reserved for the consideration of the President, has received his assent:] [Provided further that where any law makes any provision for the acquisition by the State of any estate and where any land comprised therein is held by a person under his personal cultivation, it shall not be lawful for the State to acquire any portion of such land as is within the ceiling limit applicable to him under any law for the time being in force or any building or structure standing thereon or appurtenant thereto, unless the law relating to the acquisition of such land, building or structure, provides for payment of compensation at a rate which shall not be less than the market value thereof.]
- In this article,—
- the expression ”estate” shall, in relation to any local area, have the same meaning as that expression or its local equivalent has in the existing law relating to land tenures in force in that area and shall also include—
- any jagir, inam or muafi or other similar grant and in the States of 4[Tamil Nadu] and Kerala, any janmam right;
- any land held under ryotwari settlement;
- any land held or let for purposes of agriculture or for purposes ancillary thereto, including waste land, forest land, land for pasture
or sites of buildings and other structures occupied by cultivators of land, agricultural labourers and village artisans;]
- the expression ”rights”, in relation to an estate, shall include any rights vesting in a proprietor, subproprietor, under-proprietor, tenure-holder, 1 [raiyat, under-raiyat] or other intermediary and any rights or privileges in respect of land revenue.]
- the expression ”estate” shall, in relation to any local area, have the same meaning as that expression or its local equivalent has in the existing law relating to land tenures in force in that area and shall also include—
31B – Constitution of India
Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions contained in article 31A, none of the Acts and Regulations specified in the Ninth Schedule nor any of the provisions thereof shall be deemed to be void, or ever to have become void, on the ground that such Act,
Regulation or provision is inconsistent with, or takes away or abridges any of the rights conferred by, any provisions of this Part, and notwithstanding any judgment, decree or order of any court or Tribunal to the contrary, each of the said Acts and Regulations shall,
subject to the power of any competent Legislature to repeal or amend it, continue in force.
31C – Constitution of India
Notwithstanding anything contained in article 13, no law giving effect to the policy of the State towards securing 4
[all or any of the principles laid down in Part IV] shall be deemed to be void on the ground that it is inconsistent with, or takes away or abridges any of the rights conferred by 5 [article 14 or article 19]; 6and no law containing a declaration that it is for giving effect to such
policy shall be called in question in any court on the ground that it does not give effect to such policy:
Provided that where such law is made by the Legislature of a State, the provisions of this article shall not apply thereto unless such law, having been reserved for the consideration of the President, has received his assent.
31D – Constitution of India
[Saving of laws in respect of anti-national activities.] Rep. by the Constitution
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