Under the Directive Principles of State Policy, Article 39(b) places an obligation on the state to create a policy towards securing the ownership and control of the material resources of the community and distributing it as best to serve the common good
The case currently before the SC arose out of a challenge to the 1986 amendment to the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act, 1976 (MHADA) by owners of ‘cessed’ properties in Mumbai.