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Constitution of India Questions and Answers 1. The Article that was related to Right to Property: 31 2. The first country in the world to include Directive Principles in its Constitution: Spanish Republic 3. The Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution have similarity with the Bill of Rights in the Constitution of: USA 4. The number of Articles related to Fundamental Rights when the original constitution was brought into force: 24 5. The number of Articles when the original constitution was brought into force: 395 6. The Untouchability Offences Act was passed by the Parliament in: 1955 7. During the partition of the country, the provinces that were divided between India and Pakistan were: Punjab and Bengal 8. Fundamental Rights are suspended during: Emergency 9. If a notice for special session of Lok Sabha was given in writing signed by not less than one-tenth of the members, the president must summon the session within ..... days. 14 10. The Twelfth Schedule was added to the Cons...

The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce tomorrow its judgement on whether the right to privacy can be held as a fundamental right under the Constitution.  A nine-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice J. S. Khehar had reserved its verdict on 2nd of this month after hearing marathon arguments. During the hearing, submissions were advanced in favour and against the inclusion of the right to privacy as a fundamental right. The contentious issue had emerged when the apex court was dealing with a batch of petitions challenging the Centre's move to make Aadhaar mandatory for availing the benefits of various social welfare schemes. During the arguments, the bench had earlier observed that the right to privacy cannot be an absolute right and the state may have some power to put reasonable restrictions. The Attorney General had also contended that right to privacy cannot fall in the bracket of fundamental rights as there were binding decisions of larger benches that it was only a...

The Constitution offers all citizens, individually and collectively, some basic freedoms. These are guaranteed in the Constitution in the form of six broad categories of Fundamental Rights, which are justiciable. Article 12 to 35 contained in Part III of the Constitution deal with Fundamental Rights. These are: Right to equality, including equality before law, prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth, and equality of opportunity in matters of employment. Right to freedom of speech and expression, assembly, association or union, movement, residence, and right to practice any profession or occupation (some of these rights are subject to security of the State, friendly relations with foreign countries, public order, decency or morality). Right against exploitation, prohibiting all forms of forced labour, child labour and traffic in human beings. Right to freedom of conscience and free profession, practice, and propagation of religion...

CONSTITUTION OF INDIA Part III Fundamental Rights Right to Equality • before law and equal protection of laws; • irrespective of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth; • of opportunity in public employment; • by abolition of untouchability and titles. Right to Freedom • of expression, assembly, association, movement, residence and profession; • of certain protections in respect of conviction for offences; • of protection of life and personal liberty; • of free and compulsory education for children between the age of six and fourteen years; • of protection against arrest and detention in certain cases. Right against Exploitation • for prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour; • for prohibition of employment of children in hazardous jobs. Right to Freedom of Religion • freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion; • freedom to manage religious affairs; • freedom as to payment of taxes for promotion of any particular religion;...