The Supreme Court in April said the Constitution intended to bring about a 'sense of social transformation' and it would be 'dangerous' to say that private property of an individual cannot be regarded as material resources of community and taken over by state authorities to subserve common good.

A nine-judge Constitutional bench of the Supreme Court on Monday in a majority verdict held that not all private resources of the individuals are material resources of the community that the government can take over to subserve a common good.

Supreme Court to decide if resources created by individual labor are community resources, impacting private property rights.

New Delhi: The nine-Jugde bench of Supreme Court held that all private properties cannot form part of 'material resources of the community' on Tuesday.

Article 39(b) Verdict: SC overturns 1978 verdict allowing the government to take private properties for the common good, clarifies material resources distinction.