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Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India, 1950 provides for the right to property?

The correct answer is "Article 300A". By the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978 (with effect from 20 June 1979), the fundamental right to property under…

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Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India, 1950 provides for the right to property?

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The correct answer is "Article 300A". By the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978 (with effect from 20 June 1979), the fundamental right to property under Articles 19(1)(f) and 31 was omitted from Part III, and a new Chapter IV entitled 'Right to Property' containing Article 300A was inserted in Part XII of the Constitution. Article 300A declares: "No person shall be deprived of his property save by authority of law." Article 31 stands repealed, Article 31A saves agrarian and acquisition laws, and Article 43 concerns living wages for workers.

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Option A

Incorrect: Article 31 (formerly the fundamental right to property) was omitted by Section 6 of the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978 (w.e.f. 20-06-1979).

Option B

Incorrect: Article 43 is a Directive Principle of State Policy relating to a living wage and conditions of work for workers, not the right to property.

Option C

Incorrect: Article 31A saves laws providing for the acquisition of estates, etc. from challenge under Articles 14 and 19, rather than conferring the general right to property.

Option D

Correct: Article 300A (in Chapter IV of Part XII, inserted by the 44th Amendment Act, 1978) provides for the constitutional right to property: 'No person shall be deprived of his property save by authority of law.'

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