Explanation
- A
Legal right available to citizens only
Legal right, citizens only. Article 300A is ‘any person’.
- B
Legal right available to any person
Legal right available to any person. After the 44th Amendment, property is 300A, not a FR.
- C
Fundamental Right available to citizens only
FR for citizens only. That was 19(1)(f)/31 before 1978.
- D
Neither Fundamental Right nor legal right
Neither FR nor legal. 300A is a constitutional legal right.
Summary. Official key is (b). Right to property is a constitutional legal right under Article 300A, available to any person — not a Fundamental Right, and not citizens-only.
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