D P S P: Irective Rinciples OF Tate Olicy
D P S P: Irective Rinciples OF Tate Olicy
D P S P: Irective Rinciples OF Tate Olicy
2018-19
Indian Constitution at Work
2018-19
Chapter 2: Rights in the Indian Constitution
D IRECTIVE PRINCIPLES
Goals
Promotion of cottage
industries;
Prevention of slaughter of
useful cattle; Tell me what is the point of
saying nice things in the
Promotion of village Constitution if these cannot be
panchayats implemented by any court?
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Indian Constitution at Work
Right to Property
Behind the controversy about the relationship between rights
and directive principles, there was one important reason: in
the Constitution, originally, there was a fundamental right to
‘acquire, possess and maintain’ property. But the Constitution
made it clear that property could be taken away by the
government for public welfare. Since 1950, government made
many laws that limited this right to property. This right was at
the centre of the long debate over the relationship between rights
and directive principles. Finally, in 1973, the Supreme Court
gave a decision that the right to property was not part of the
basic structure of the Constitution and therefore, parliament
had power to abridge this right by an amendment. In 1978, the
44th amendment to the Constitution removed the right to property
from the list of Fundamental Rights and converted it into a simple
46 legal right under article 300 A.
What difference, do you think, this change of status makes
to the right to property?
2018-19
Chapter 2: Rights in the Indian Constitution
2018-19