November 5, 2024 4:20 PM

Supreme Court rules not all private properties can be acquired by Govt under Article 39(b)

In a landmark ruling, a nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court has determined that not all private properties can be taken over by the state under Article 39(b) of the Indian Constitution. The judgment clarified that privately owned properties do not inherently qualify as "material resources of the community" and, therefore, cannot be acquired solely to serve the "common good." Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, authoring the majority opinion, stated that including all private properties as ...