This book traces the evolution of India’s Constitution into a tool for social revolution. It examines the various stages through which the law on the Right to Property and its relationship with the idea of socialism—as laid down in Parts III and IV of the Constitution—has evolved.

It underlines that the road to social revolution has been marked by a process where attempts to give effect to the idea of justice—social, economic and political—as laid down in the Preamble have achieved a measure of success. It goes deep into this history by placing the judicial and legislative measures in the larger context of the political discourse.