Are you aware of all the constitutional rights you have as an Indian citizen

The Supreme Court of India is the custodian and safeguards the Fundamental Rights of the Citizens. A Citizen can approach the Supreme Court to Enforce or Safeguard his/her Fundamental Rights

Hi Anu_love is life ,this will be a very good thread which helps members to know more about the constitution, with your updates. I guess this will be a very useful thread and so you can use a good keyword like, "constitution of India", "constitution rights of India" or you can just think from a common internet user, and what he/she will type in Google if they want to know about our constitution.

All the best for this fantastic thread

Thanks Pal....I thought to open up this thread when everyone of us started talking about corrupt politicians...hope this will help others also....

Hi Anu!
I too welcome this topic which is of tremendous relevance and importance in today's situation. The Founding Fathers of the Constitution were wise enough to guarantee certain rights which are fundamental and inalienable. The nature of these rights are so that these can not be taken away or abrogated under any situation except in an emergency.Sadly people in generally are vaguely aware of these valuable rights and thus people in power take full advantage of this. Hope your attempt to make them aware succeeds.

Many of us are not aware.But today awareness also doen't matter.Most of them are denied very cooly very openly as Sivsena does in Mumbai.

I am not aware what are our rights. but definitely want to know it will be better Anu if you have idea please post here so that we all will get aware

@Anbul

It's true some of these basic civil rights are grossly violated but that's because of our ignorance. There are some landmark cases where the Supreme Court came to the rescue and I hope to deal with those cases in the course of our discussion.

Yes Supreme Court had given some good orders.But it does not put hand by itself when civil rights are continuesly denied.

I also have the same opinion.Supreme Court rescue most of our constitutional rights.Still some challenge them.

Thank You everyone for your support...!! I hope that you will also add some inputs according to your views...


The development of constitutional rights in India was inspired by historical documents such as England's Bill of Rights, the United States Bill of Rights and France's Declaration of the Rights of Man.

no, i'm not but really constitutional rights you have as an Indian citizen matters a lot.

this constitutional rights had been developed not only for all but for preservation of humanity

You all know the constitution in India started 2 years after we got Independence. It's been 62 years since we got Independence and 60 years since we got the constitution in our country but all we know is that there are some rights that safeguard us and we ask many things from the government...

BUT


There are things said by the constitution that should be followed by a citizen who resides here...Do we know those... It's called the Duties of Indian citizen


Please add your valuable inputs of a citizen's duties...

Facts about Indian constitution:


The Constitution of India or the Constitution of the Republic of India came in effect on January 26, 1950 and is the longest written constitution of any independent nation in the world. It contains 395 articles and 12 schedules. It has a total of 117,369 words in its English language version.

The Constitution of India clearly defines the responsibilities of Indian citizen, their Fundamental Rights and Duties. Part II of the Indian Constitution covers the clauses on Citizenship. Fundamental Rights are covered in Part III of the Constitution, while the Fundamental Duties are written in Article 51A. The Constitution, in a way, make the citizens aware of their core rights and responsibilities through the articles dealing with the fundamental Rights and Duties.


Please give your valuable inputs also...Let's discuss further and get some knowledge on this issue...

we can do a lot of things to make INDIA a best to live(it is already better then many other).

1.Each one teach one ,spread education it is the only medium to eradicate superstition,ignorance, communalism, hatred & vote bank politics.

2.Try to use more & more indian made goods. This will help to lift up ur economy.

3.Plant as much as trees u can to make environment of country good & to reduce pollution.

4.Always obey ur duties of being a good citizen.

5.Respect our rich heritage & culture & try ur level best to preserve it.

6.Pay ur taxes at time properly.

7.Don't use any illegal product.

8.Last but not least be proud to be an indian.

@ Anu

You have opened the issue up well. Let me add at the outset that our constittutiion heavily and rightly draws on the constitution of other countries of which you have made an appropriate mention. And unlike the British constitution which is convention based and not a voluminous like us. But then public opinion is very strong over there. The popular awareness is the safeguard. In India existence of fundamental rights was there before the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's government amended the Constitution to provide for certain duties. The rights are called fundamental simply because no government can deny these rights with which are naturally endowed with since our birth.That's why we at times call these civil rights as our birth rights too.

Yes...Anu you had given a good list of duties.If all of us care this surely our country will rock

Although everyone has not read constitution and law but even a lay man knows that we are a democratic country and every citizen has a right for equal treatment and equality before law and suffer no discrimination for caste, gender and religion etc. This is a matter of general knowledge and practice. Equally important is duty as a citizen to observe civic cleanliness, observe traffic and other rules and respect rights of fellow citizens.

Thanks for starting such an important topic in today's scenario. This will help us know about our fundamental rights. I am not aware of all my rights.

May I request you to also discuss the remedies, a citizen can have when deprived of any such rights.

Article 12 to 35 of the Indian Constitution covers the Fundamental Rights of the citizen of the country. All these Fundamental Rights indicate that all the citizens are equally treated by the nation irrespective of caste, sex and creed. In this context, the basic Fundamental Rights are linked with

* Equality in all respects (also in matters of public employment), prohibition of discrimination, abolition of untouchability;

* The right to freedom, essentially in terms of freedom of speech;

* The right against exploitation, essentially in terms of prohibition in human beings and forced labour and prohibition of employment of children in factories;

* The right to freedom of religion in terms of freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propogation of religion, freedom to manage religious affairs, freedom as to payment of taxes for promotion of any particular religion, freedom as to attendance at religious instruction of religious workshop in certain education institutions;

* Cultural and educational rights essentially in terms of protection on interests of minorities;

* Savings of certain laws providing for the acquisition of estates and also in terms of anti-national activities;

* Rights to constitutional remedies like remedies for enforcement of rights, the power of Parliament to modify the rights.