The Right to Property was converted into a legal right from a Fundamental Right because it ........

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The Right to Property was converted into a legal right from a Fundamental Right, because it:

Tied the hands of the government to prevent corruption

Gave rise to litigations that interfered with land reforms agenda of government and made judiciary overburdened.

Led to severe conflict between Executive and the Parliament

Increased public resentment

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Explanation:

The Constitution of India originally provided the right to property (which includes land) under Articles 19 and 31. Article 19 guaranteed that all citizens have the right to acquire, hold and dispose of property. Article 31 stated that "no person shall be deprived of his property save by authority of law." It also indicated that compensation would be paid to a person whose property has been taken for public purposes (often subject to wide range of meaning).

The Forty-Fourth Amendment of 1978 deleted the right to property from the list of fundamental rights with an introduction of a new provision, Article 300-A, which provided that "no person shall be deprived of his property save by authority of law" (Constitution 44th Amendment, w.e.f. 10.6.1979). The amendment ensured that the right to property? is no longer a fundamental right but rather a constitutional/legal right/as a statutory right and in the event of breach, the remedy available to an aggrieved person is through the High Court under Article 226 of the Indian Constitution and not the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution.