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Delete the Right to Property from the Fundamental Rights and make it an ordinary legal right

“Delete the Right to Property from the list of Fundamental Rights in the Constitution and affirm it as a legal right.”
— Janata Party Election Manifesto 1977: Both Bread and Liberty
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The verdict

The 44th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1978 removed the Right to Property (Article 19(1)(f) and Article 31) from Part III (Fundamental Rights) and reinserted it as a simple legal/constitutional right under Article 300A (per Right to property records).

Rule applied: Kept: achieved as promised, on time or within 6 months of the deadline → 10

Implied deadline (end of term): 24 Mar 1982Confidence: highAI draft · review pending
10/10

Evidence timeline

  1. Other30 Apr 1978· Wikipediasupports
    Right to property ↗

    “The 44th Amendment Act of 1978 removed the right to property from the list of fundamental rights and inserted Article 300A as a legal right.”

  2. Other30 Apr 1978· Wikipediasupports
    Forty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India ↗

    “The right to property was removed from the list of fundamental rights and placed under Article 300A of the Constitution.”

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