Under which Schedule of the Constitution of India can the transfer of tribal land to private parties for mining be declared null and void?
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Answer: B. The Fifth Schedule covers administration of Scheduled Areas and tribes. In the Samatha judgment (1997), the Supreme Court held that transfer of tribal land in Fifth Schedule areas to private parties for mining is null and void.
Watch for: The Ninth Schedule is linked with land laws, so students pick it.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because the Third Schedule contains oaths and affirmations.
- C. Wrong because the Ninth Schedule protects certain laws from judicial review.
- D. Wrong because the Twelfth Schedule lists powers of municipalities.
Source to check: Constitution of India, Fifth Schedule and Article 244; Samatha v. State of Andhra Pradesh (1997)
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