New Delhi: A nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court, while delivering a verdict on whether the State can take over private properties to distribute to subserve the common good, ruled that all private properties are not material resources and hence cannot be taken over by states.
The majority opinion authored by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud held that all private properties cannot form part of the 'material resources of the community' under Article 39(b) of the Constitution and can't taken over by State authorities to subserve the "common good".
