(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 ryotwari 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 labourers 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.
31B. 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.
31C. 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 1[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; 2[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.
31D. [Saving of laws in respect of anti-national activities.] Rep. by the Constitution (Forty-third
Amendment) Act,1977, s. 2 (w.e.f.13-4-1978).
Right to Constitutional Remedies
32. Remedies for enforcement of rights conferred by this Part.—(1) The right to move the
Supreme Court by appropriate proceedings for the enforcement of the rights conferred by this Part is
guaranteed.
(2) The Supreme Court shall have power to issue directions or orders or writs, including writs in the
nature of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and certiorari, whichever may be
appropriate, for the enforcement of any of the rights conferred by this Part.
1. Subs. by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 4, for ―the principles specified in clause (b) or clause (c)
of article 39‖ (w.e.f. 3.1.1977). Section 4 has been declared invalid by the Supreme Court in Minerva Mills Ltd. and others vs.
Union of India and others (1980) s. 2, S.C.C. 591.
2. In Kesavananda Bharati vs. the State of Kerala (1973). Supp. S.C.R.1., the Supreme Court held the provisions in italics to be
invalid.
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