(Online Cours) CAPF Assistant Commandant: Indian Polity - Fundamental Rights
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Indian Polity
Fundamental Rights
The Indian constitution contains the basic principle that every individual is entitled to enjoy certain rights as a human being and the enjoyment of such rights does not depend upon the will of any majority or minority. No majority has the right to abrogate such rights. In fact, the legitimacy of the majority to rule is derived from the existence of these
Part III of the Constitution contains a long list of the Fundamental Rights. The most striking difference between the Government of India Act, 1935 and the present Constitution is the presence of the Fundamental Rights in the latter. This chapter of the Constitution has been described as the `Magna Carta' of India. Part III of the Constitution is called the `Cornerstone' of the Constitution, and together with Part IV (Directive Principles), constitutes the `conscience' of the Constitution. The Fundamental Rights were deemed essential to protect the rights and liberties of the people against the encroachment of the power delegated by them to their Government. They are the limitations upon all the powers of the Government, legislative as well as executive.