Q. Consider the following statements:
1. Article 301 pertains to the Right to Property.
2. Right to Property is a legal right but not a fundamental right.
3. Article 300 A was inserted in the Constitution of India by the Congress Government at the Center by the 4th Constitutional Amendment.
Which of the above statements are true?
Answer:
2 only
Notes: • Article 301 pertains to Freedom of Trade, Commerce and Intercourse.
• In the original constitution right to property was a Fundamental Right under Article 19(1) (f). But 44th Amendment Act, 1978 omitted sub clause f, and inserted Article 300A to make right to property a legal right.
• The Government at that time was Janta Party government.