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