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description: "Article 300A ensures no person can be deprived of property without law, establishing it as a constitutional right important for legal clarity in India."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- Article 300A of the Constitution of India provides that no person shall be deprived of property save by authority of law, making property a constitutional rather than a fundamental right.
- Is the right to property a fundamental right in India today?
- Does Article 300A require the State to pay compensation?
- What does 'authority of law' mean under Article 300A?
- How does Article 300A relate to the 2013 Land Acquisition Act?

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In Vidya Devi v. State of Himachal Pradesh (2020), the Supreme Court of India directed the state to pay compensation after it forcibly occupied an illiterate widow's land in 1967 to build a road without any acquisition proceedings, holding this violated Article 300A.

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