Article 13 – Laws inconsistent with or in derogation of the Fundamental Rights.

All laws in force in territory of Indian immediately before the commencement of this Constitution, in so far as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Part, shall to the extent of such inconsistency, be null and void.

Laws as defined under Article 13 include any ordinance, order, bye-law, rule, regulation, notification, custom or usage having in the territory on India, the force of law. It does not include any amendment to the Constitution made under Article 368.

The state shall not make any law which takes away or abridges the rights conferred by this part and any law made in contravention of this clause shall, to the extent of the contravention, be null and void.