...Lael K Weis The article proceeds as follows. In section 2, I describe what is meant by ‘directive principles’ in more detail and provide background about their emergence as a method of entrenching social values. In section 3, I explain the challenge that directive principles present...

... of directive principles of state policy. It establishes that constitutional objectives are legally binding norms of constitutional rank addressed to the entirety of state organs. They require constant pursuit and optimization within the bounds of what is materially feasible. Foreign policy objectives fall...

... of states and provides for the formation, re-formation, and reorganization of the states constituting the union. Citizenship is provided for in the second part. Part III specifies the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution, while Part IV deals with the Directive Principles of State Policy. Part...

... has always been the goal is evident from the Directive Principles of State Policy and some of the fundamental rights. The word ‘socialism’ hardly figures in judgments of the Supreme Court, but in a number of cases had occasion to consider the question of equal pay for equal work, the nationalization...

... the rights to freedom of religion, the Directive Principles of State Policy and the Uniform Civil Code, the case of Shah Bano, and secularism and the school curriculum. Before closing this chapter, it is necessary to refer to the growing practice which has almost become compulsive...

... harms, was somewhat more effective, but remained limited to large cities. Towards the middle of the twentieth century, the notion of public health expanded to include nutrition, poverty, housing and the state of physical environment. Health, however, only found a place in the Directive Principles...

.... While protecting minority interests were paramount, perhaps, most controversially, Rau privileged the Directive Principles—ideas that needed to guide the lawmakers—rather than the granting of Fundamental Rights. All India Muslim League Muslim League Constituent Assembly election s in India...

...This chapter focuses on the right to food as one of the economic and social rights confirmed in the Directive Principles of State Policy. The chapter begins by describing the nutrition emergency in India. It specifically argues that the continuity of a severe nutrition crisis in India reflects...

...This chapter examines the post-colonial history and judicial adjudication of economic and social rights in South Asia, focusing on the Indian Constituent Assembly Debates that framed the 1950 Constitution of India. The Constitution enshrined Directive Principles of State Policy to bring about...

...The Right to Education in India. Florian Matthey-Prakash. © Oxford University Press 2019. Published 2019 by Oxford University Press. Chapter 2 recounts the developments around adjudication of fundamental rights and directive principles that climaxed with the inclusion of Article...

... other significant rights which incorporated socialist or humanist principles to the position of Directive Principles of State Policy. The Constitution also provided for the establishment of an independent judiciary with the Supreme Court at the apex. The Constitution also provided...

...This chapter examines the Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSPs) and their controversial place in the Indian Constitution. It first reviews the origins of DPSPs and the notion that fundamental rights must be interpreted in light of the DPSPs. It then considers the role played by the DPSPs...

... Commission of India Constitution directive principles fundamental rights federal legislative competence National Green Tribunal On 7 October 2021, the Supreme Court pronounced judgment in a batch of cases questioning the suo motu jurisdiction of the National Green Tribunal. Asked...

...Much of the conflict between the Supreme Court and the Parliament in the early days of the Constitution arose out of the former's failure to appreciate the true nature, significance, and role of the Directive Principles of State Policy. The Directive Principles specify the programme...

... to life absorbs the Directive Principles of State Policy, and has since then been interpreted to include a whole variety of rights such as the right to livelihood, right to shelter, right to food and clothing, right to health, right to reputation, and right to privacy. This chapter also discusses habeas...