Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties: A Review

Abstract

The Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties represent sections of the Constitution of India that prescribe the fundamental obligations of the State° to its citizens and the duties of the citizens to the State. Those sections comprise a constitutional bill of rights guideline for government policy-making and the behavior and conduct of citizens developed between 1947 and 1949 by the Constituent Assembly of India. Credit for the remarkable success of India in establishing itself as a Republic in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges goes the Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles, and Fundamental Duties. The first and foremost task of a government is to protect the basic rights of its citizens to life, liberty, property, freedom of religious belief and practice, and freedom of association. If that is lacking, economic and social justice will fail. The rights, principles, and duties have provided the stability and balance needed for the Indian ship of state to sail safely through treacherous waters.