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    Notes of Ch 2 Rights in the Indian Constitution|

    Class 11th Political Science


    Bill of Rights

    • A list of rights mentioned and protected by the constitution is


    called the_bill of rights.

    • A democracy must ensure that individuals have certain rights


    and that the government will always recognize these rights.
    Prohibits government from thus acting against the rights of the
    individuals and ensures a remedy in case there is violation of
    these rights.

    Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution

    • The Motilal Nehru committee had demanded a bill of rights as


    far back as in 1928.

    • The Constitution listed the rights that would be specially


    protected and called them 'fundamental rights'.

    • Fundamental Rights are so important that the Constitution has


    separately listed them and made special provisions for their
    protection.

    • The Fundamental Rights are so important that the Constitution


    itself ensures that they are not violated by the government.

    Ordinary Rights and Fundamental Rights

    • Ordinary legal rights are protected and enforced by ordinary


    law, Fundamental Rights are protected and guaranteed by the
    constitution of the country.

    • Ordinary rights may be changed by the legislature by ordinary


    process of law making, but a fundamental right may only be
    changed by amending the Constitution itself.

    • Judiciary has the powers and responsibility to protect the


    fundamental rights from violations by actions of the government,
    Executive as well as legislative actions can be declared illegal by
    the judiciary if these violate the fundamental rights or restrict
    them in an unreasonable manner.

    Fundamental Rights

    Right to Equality

    • Equality before law


    • Equal protection of laws
    • Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste,
    sex or place of birth Equal access to shops, hotels, wells, tanks,
    bathing ghats, roads etc.
    • Equality of opportunity in public employment
    • Abolition of Untouchability
    • Abolition of titles

    Right to Freedom

    • Protection of Right to:


    → freedom of speech and expression;
    → assemble peacefully;
    → form associations/unions;
    → move freely throughout the territory of India;
    → reside and settle in any part of India;
    → practice any profession, or to carry on any occupation, trade or
    business.
    • Protection in respect of conviction for offences.
    • Right to life and personal liberty.
    • Right to education.
    • Protection against arrest and detention in certain cases.

    Right against Exploitation

    • Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour.


    • Prohibition of employment of children in hazardous jobs.
    Right to Freedom of Religion

    • Freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and


    propagation of religion.
    • Freedom to manage religious affairs.
    • Freedom to pay taxes for promotion of any particular religion.
    • Freedom to attend religious instruction or worship in certain
    educational institutions

    Cultural and Educational Rights

    • Protection of language, culture of minorities.


    • Right of minorities to establish educational institutions.
    • Right to Constitutional Remedies.
    • Right to move the courts to issue directions/orders/writs for
    enforcement of rights

    Overview of Rights

    • The Constitution clarifies that the government can implement


    special schemes and measures for improving the conditions of
    certain sections of society: children, women, and the socially and
    educationally backward classes.

    • In fact Article 16(4) of the constitution explicitly clarifies that a


    policy like reservation will not be seen as a violation of right to
    equality. If you see the spirit of the Constitution, this is required
    for the fulfillment of the right to equality of opportunity.

    • Right to freedom of speech and expression is subject to


    restrictions such as public order, peace and morality etc.

    • Freedom to assemble too is to be exercised peacefully and


    without arms.

    • The government may impose restrictions in certain areas


    declaring the assembly of five or more persons as unlawful.
    Preventive detention

    • Ordinarily, a person would be arrested after he or she has


    reportedly committed some offence. However there are
    exceptions to this.

    • Sometimes a person can be arrested simply out of an


    apprehension that he or she is likely to engage in unlawful activity
    and imprisoned for some time. This is known as preventive
    detention.
    • It means that if the government feels that a person can be a
    threat to law and order or to the peace and security of the nation,
    it can detain or arrest that person. This preventive detention can
    be extended only for three months

    Rights of accused

    • To ensure a fair trial in courts, the Constitution has provided


    three rights:
    → no person would be punished for the same offence more than
    once
    → no law shall declare any action as illegal from a backdate, and
    → no person shall be asked to give evidence against himself or
    herself

    Freedom of faith and worship

    • Freedom of religion also includes the freedom of conscience.

    • It means that a person may choose any religion or may choose


    not to follow any religion.

    • Freedom of religion includes the freedom to profess, follow and


    propagate any religion.
    Certain Limitations

    • That, the government can imposes restrictions on the practice


    of freedom of religion in order to protect public order, morality
    and health.

    • It is not an unlimited right.

    • The government can interfere in religious matters for rooting


    out certain social evils.

    • The Constitution does not allow forcible conversions.

    • It only gives us the right to spread information about our


    religion and thus attract others to it.

    Cultural and Educational Rights

    • All minorities, religious or linguistic, can set up their own


    educational institutions. By doing so, they can preserve and
    develop their own culture.

    • The government will not, while granting aid to educational


    institutions, discriminate against any educational institution on
    the basis that it is under the management of minority community.

    Right to Constitutional Remedies

    • Dr. Ambedkar considered the right to constitutional remedies as


    heart and soul of the constitution' because this right gives a
    citizen the right to approach a High Court or the Supreme Court to
    get any of the fundamental rights restored in case of their
    violation.

    • The Supreme Court and the High Courts can issue orders and
    give directives to the government for the enforcement of rights.

    Writs
    The courts can issue various special orders known as writs.

    • Habeas corpus: Means that the court orders that the arrested
    person should be presented before it. It can also order to set free
    an arrested person if the manner or grounds of arrest are not
    lawful or satisfactory.

    • Mandamus: Issued when the court finds that a particular office


    holder is not doing legal duty and thereby is infringing on the
    right of an individual.

    • Prohibition: Issued by a higher court (High Court or Supreme


    Court) when a lower court has considered a case going beyond its
    jurisdiction.

    • Quo Warranto: If the court finds that a person is holding office


    but is not entitled to hold that office, it issues the writ of quo
    warranto and restricts that person from acting as an office
    holder.

    • Certiorari: Under this writ, the court orders a lower court or


    another authority to transfer a matter pending before it to the
    higher authority or court.

    National Human Right Commission (NHRC)

    • The Commission's functions include inquiry at its own initiative


    or on a petition presented to it by a victim into complaint of
    violation of human rights;

    • Visit to jails to study the condition of the inmates;

    • Undertaking and promoting research in the field of human


    rights.

    • The Commission does not have the power of prosecution.

    • It can merely make recommendations to the government or


    recommend to the courts to initiate proceedings based on the
    inquiry that it conducts.

    Directive Principles of State Policy

    The chapter on Directive Principles lists mainly three things:

    • The goals and objectives that we as a society should adopt;

    • Certain rights that individuals should enjoy apart from the


    Fundamental Rights; and

    • Certain policies that the government should adopt.

    Relation between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of


    State Policy

    • Fundamental Rights restrain the government from doing certain


    things while Directive Principles exhort the government to do
    certain things.

    • Fundamental Rights mainly protect the rights of individuals


    while Directive Principles ensure the well-being of the entire
    society.

    Right to Property

    • In the Constitution, originally, there was a fundamental right to


    acquire, possess and maintain property.

    • But the Constitution made it clear that property could be taken


    away by the government for public welfare.

    • In 1973, the Supreme Court gave a decision that the right to


    property was not part of the basic structure of the Constitution
    and therefore, parliament had power to abridge this right by an
    amendment.
    • In 1978, the 44th amendment to the Constitution removed the
    right to property from the list of Fundamental Rights and
    converted it into a simple legal right under article 300A.

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