Private Property is a Human Right
Supreme Court recently in its judgement stated that a citizen’s right to own private property is a human right and the state cannot take possession of it without following due procedure and authority of law.
SC’s Observation
- The Himachal Pradesh government forcibly took over four acres of land from Vidya Devi, an illiterate woman, at Hamipur district to build a road in 1967 and failed to pay her a compensation for 52 years.
- The top court exercised its extraordinary jurisdiction under Articles 136 and 142 of the Constitution and directed the state to pay the compensation of Rs 1 Crore to ....
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