In India the Right to Property was converted into a legal right from a Fundamental Right because it........

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In India 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 made judiciary overburden.

Led to severe conflict between Judiciary and the Parliament.

Increased public resentment.

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Explanation:

After independence, Government of Inda was committed to get rid of oppressive Zamindari system, which led to exploitation of various poor peasants at the hands of tyrannical landlords and to introduce a series of agrarian reforms in order to achieve the ideal of "Justice--Social Economic and Political" as enshrined in the preamble of our Constitution.

This led to severe conflict between Judiciary (protector of fundamental rights) and the Parliament (committed to agrarian reforms). So it became pertinent upon Parliament to remove Right to property from Fundamental list and to place it under the list of stautory laws.

The right to property was removed from Part III of our Constitution i.e. Fundamental Rights via the Constitution 44th Amendment Act, 1978. It was instead made a constitutional right under Article 300A which states that. " No person can be deprived of his property except by authority of law.