What is the position of the Right to Property in India?
Correct Answer:
(B)
(b) Legal right available to any person
The Right to Property is currently a legal right accessible to all individuals. Article 300-A of the Constitution states that no person shall be deprived of their property except through the authority of law.
Originally, the Right to Property was a Fundamental Right under Article 31 of the Constitution. This article ensured not only the right to own private property but also the freedom to use and dispose of it, subject only to reasonable restrictions. It also guaranteed compensation to individuals if their property was acquired for public purposes.
However, the Constitution (Forty-Fourth Amendment) Act of 1978 removed the Right to Property from the list of Fundamental Rights. This amendment repealed Article 31 and Article 19(1)(f), and instead introduced Article 300-A, thereby reclassifying the right as a constitutional legal right.
Ques:
152
Under what provision of the Constitution, untouchability has been abolished?
Correct Answer:
(C)
Art. 17
Article 17 abolishes untouchability and declares that its practice in any form is forbidden and enforcement of any disability arising out of untouchability shall be an offence and punishable by law.
Ques:
153
Which part of the Indian Constitution has been described as the ‘Soul’ of the Constitution?
Correct Answer:
(C)
The Preamble
The Preamble of the Constitution is called the ‘Soul of the Constitution.’ K.M. Munshi, a member of the drafting committee, defined the Preamble as the “Horoscope of our sovereign democratic Republic.” Subhash Kashyap has mentioned that “If Constitution is the body, then Preamble is the Soul, If the Preamble is a foundation, then Constitution is a structure or building standing on it.
Note: It is notable that Dr. B.R. Ambedkar has recognized ‘The Right to Constitutional Remedies (Article 32) as the heart and soul of the Constitution, so if the question is asked with respect to Dr. Ambedkar, then in such case option (d) will be the correct answer.
Ques:
154
Economic Justice’ as one of the objectives of the Indian Constitution has been provided in –
Correct Answer:
(B)
The Preamble and the Directive Principles of State Policy
The Preamble explicitly provides for Economic Justice as an objective of the Indian Constitution. The part of Directive Principles of State Policy, on the other hand, contains several Articles, which provide for Economic Justice. e.g., Article 38(1) says “The State shall strive to promote the welfare of the people by securing and protecting as effectively as it may a social order, in which justice, social, economic and political, shall inform all the institutions of the national life