A STUDY ON EVOLUTION OF RIGHT TO PROPERTY UNDER INDIAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

AUTHORS – G. KANNIGA SHREE* & DR. P.BRINDA**, LLM SCHOLAR* & H.O.D- DEPARTMENT OF PROPERTY LAW, SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE IN LAW, TNDALU

BEST CITATION – G. KANNIGA SHREE & DR. P.BRINDA, LAND PROVISION FOR THE LANDLESS, ILE PROPERTY AND LAND LAW REVIEW (ILE PLLR), 2 (1) of 2024, Pg. 07-15, APIS – 3920 – 0048 | ISSN – 2584-1998

ABSTRACT

“LIBERTY CANNOT LONG SUBSIST WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF PROPERTY”

-Jefferson

The right to property under the constitution of India is one of the supreme rights of a common man.Earlier it is a fundamental right under Constitution of India.  Later the right to property changed to the constitutional right or a legal right of a man. The government had decided to develop the country. But there were no sufficient properties to develop the country as expected.  So government has decided to acquire the property from the Mass Land Owners for development of the public purpose viz., School, Park, Roads etc.  Most of the properties were belongs to Zamindars’.  After independence the Government has decided to abolish the position of the Zamindars’ and acquired the land for the public purposes from the Zamindars’ and Mass Land Owners.  They were filed so many suits regarding the right to property as a fundamental right.  If acquisition of land is for public purpose government has to compensate the owner for their loss.  The property should not be acquired forcibly without any compensation. There are some recent judgements relating acquisition of property in Kolkata Municipal Corporation case the court held that the acquisition of property these 7 Sub Rights should satisfy then only acquisition is valid otherwise it violates the constitution.  So in this article we shall know about the history and how the properties were acquired and provision related to the right to property.

KEYWORDS – Right to Property, Fundamental Right, Constitutional Right, Public Purpose, Acquisition, Compensations.