Concept of Right to Property in Indian Constitution

Abstract

Right to property as fundamental right created a barrier for both the government and landless people as the government was unable to generate the comprehensive
revenue from the land where as the landless are unable to cultivate and earn their
livelihood aptly. To overcome this issue the status of the right to property was changed
from fundamental rights to constitutional right. As per the social economic and caste
census of 2011, which acknowledge and counted landlessness as a major poverty indicator and the data that came out is shocking which reveals that nearly 494, 9 million
(49.9 Crore ) people are still landless in India after so many years of independence.
With so much significance on market-driven economy has resulted into the negligence
of such an important trend. This paper depicts a subjective look at the attribute of the
constitutional and other amendments in land laws as Zamindari abolition Act, ceiling
Act and other laws. It also explains how it stems the agrarian reform to the last straw.
Further discussion on the contradiction of land laws with the Constitution of India in
the light of Supreme Court judgments and its impact on landless persons. The paper
provides an objective look into the legal provisions regarding the right to property and
suggests essential changes which might be beneficial for both government and landless persons into the long run.