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Under which Schedule of the Constitution of India can the transfer of tribal land to private parties for mining be declared null and void?
PRELIMS 2019 · INDIAN POLITY
Under which Schedule of the Constitution of India can the transfer of tribal land to priv…
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• The Fifth Schedule governs Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes; the Supreme Court in Samatha v. Andhra Pradesh (1997) declared tribal land transfer to private parties for mining null and void under this Schedule.
• The Third Schedule contains oaths; the Ninth Schedule protects land reform laws; the Twelfth Schedule covers Municipalities.
• None of these regulate tribal land transfers for mining.
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