Question

What is the position of the Right to Property in India?

(a) Legal right available to citizens only.

(b) Legal right available to any person.

(c) Fundamental Right available to citizens only.

(d) Neither fundamental Right nor legal right

Answer 1

Correct option is (b) Legal right available to any person.

• Originally, the right to property was one of the seven fundamental rights under Part III of the Constitution.
• The 44th Amendment Act of 1978 abolished the right to property as a Fundamental
• Right by repealing Article 19(1) (f) and Article 31 from Part III.
• The Act inserted a new Article 300A in Part XII under the heading 'Right to Property'. It provides that no person shall be deprived of his property except by authority of law. the right to property remains a legal right or a constitutional right, though no longer a fundamental right. It is not a part of the basic structure of the Constitution.