The right to property prescribed under Article 300A of the Indian Constitution extends to people who are not the citizen of the country, the Supreme Court has ruled.
“The expression person in Article 300-A covers not only a legal or juristic person but also a person who is not a citizen of India. The expression property is also of a wide scope and includes not only tangible or intangible property but also all rights, title and interest in a property”, a bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan observed.
For the uninitiated, the right to property in India is a human right. To this effect, Article 300-A was introduced in the Constitution in 1978, which states that ‘no person shall be deprived of his property save by authority of law’.
“Article 300-A of the Constitution states that no person shall be deprived of his property save by authority of law. The word “law” is with reference to an Act of Parliament or of a State Legislature, a rule or a statutory order having the force of law. Although, to hold property is not a fundamental right, yet it is a constitutional right,” the apex court said while giving its order in a case dealing with the matter of enemy properties.
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