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What is Article 31c of the Indian Constitution?

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Answer: The 25th Amendment Act of 1971 added Article 31C. It included sections about the preservation of laws that affected specific directive concepts. It consists of the following clauses:

The fundamental rights guaranteed by Article 14 of the Constitution (equality before the law and equal protection of the rules) or Article 19 of the Constitution may not be violated to render invalid any law which involves applying all or some of the directive principles specified in Part IV (protection of six rights in respect of speech, assembly, movement, etc.)