The Fundamental Rights
embodied in the Indian constitution
acts as a guarante that all Indian
citizens can and will lead their lifes
in peace as long as they live in
Indian democracy. These civil
liberties take precedence over any
other law of the land. They include
individual rights common to most
liberal democracies, such as equality
before the law, freedom of speech and
expression, freedom of association and
peaceful assembly, freedom of
religion, and the right to
constitutional remedies for the
protection of civil rights such as
habeas corpus.
In addition, the Fundamental Rights
for Indians are aimed at overturning
the inequities of past social
practices. They have also been used to
in sucessfully abolishing the "untouchability";
prohibit discrimination on the grounds
of religion, race, caste, sex, or
place of birth; and forbid trafficking
in human beings and also the forced
labor. They go beyond conventional
civil liberties in protecting cultural
and educational rights of minorities
by ensuring that minorities may
preserve their distinctive languages
and establish and administer their own
education institutions.
Originally, the right to property was
also included in the Fundamental
Rights; however, the Forty-fourth
Amendment, passed in 1978, revised the
status of property rights by stating
that "No person shall be deprived
of his property save by authority of
law." Freedom of speech and
expression, generally interpreted to
include freedom of the press, can be
limited "in the interests of the
sovereignty and integrity of India,
the security of the State, friendly
relations with foreign States, public
order, decency or morality, or in
relation to contempt of court,
defamation or incitement to an
offence"
Here we have defined the six
fundamental rights as per the
constitution of India:-
1. Right
to Equality
2. Right
to Particular Freedom
3. Cultural
and Educational Rights
4. Right
to Freedom of Religion
5. Right
Against Exploitation and
6. Right
to Constitutional Remedies
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