Right to take over pvt property not total: SC

Not all pvt property can be taken over for common good: 7:2 verdict

- SUCHITRA KALYAN MOHANTY

THE Supreme Court in a 7:2 ruling on Tuesday held that states were not empowered under the Constitution to take over all privately-owned resources for distribution to serve the "common good".

A nine-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, however, said states can stake claim over private properties in certain cases.

With this, the court settled the Property Owners Association vs State of Maharashtra case, which is one of the oldest pending before the court. While Justice B V Nagarathna partially concurred with the majority, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia wrote a dissenting verdict.