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
