Article 31A of Constitution of India "Saving of laws providing for acquisition of estates, etc"
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in Article 13, no
law providing for
(a) the acquisition by the State of any estate or of any
rights therein or the extinguishment or modification of any
such rights, or
(b) 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
(c) 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
(d) the extinguishment or modification of any rights of
managing agents, secretaries and treasurers, managing
directors, directors or managers of corporations, or of any
voting rights of shareholders thereof, or
(e) the extinguishment or modification of any rights
accruing by virtue of any agreement, lease or license 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 license, 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 [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.
(2) In this Article,-
(a) 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-
(i) any jagir, inam or muafi or other similar grant and in
the States of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, any janmam right;
(ii) any land held under ryotwary settlement;
(iii)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
laborers and village artisans;
(b) the expression "rights", in relation to an estate, shall
include any rights vesting in a proprietor, sub-proprietor,
under-proprietor, tenure-holder, raiyat, under- raiyat or
other intermediary and any rights or privileges in respect
of land revenue.
Article 31B of Constitution of India "Validation of certain Acts and Regulations"
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.
Article 31C of Constitution of India "Saving of laws giving effect to certain directive principles"
Notwithstanding anything contained in Article 13, no law
giving effect to the policy of the State towards securing
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 Article 14 or Article 19 and 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.