Working Fundamental Rights


 
 
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Working Fundamental Rights

Working Fundamental Rights

The constitution, lays down the principles that make our society and policy democratic. They are defined in and through the list of fundamental rights that are an important part of the constitution. These rights are available to all Indians equally. As far as the marginalized are concerned, they have drawn on these rights in two ways: first, by insisting on their fundamentals rights, they have forced the government to recognize the injustice done to them. Second, they have insisted that the struggles of the marginalized have influenced the government to frame new laws, in keeping with the spirit of the fundamental rights. Article 17 of the constitution states that untouchability has been abolished- what this means is that no one can henceforth prevent Dalit from educating themselves, entering temples, using public facilities etc. it also means that it is wrong to practice untouchability and that this practice will not be tolerated by a democratic government. In fact, untouchability is a punishable crime.  In the case of cultural and educational rights, distinct cultural, as well as the right to make decisions on how best this content is to be preserved. Thus, by granting different forms of cultural rights, the constitution tries to ensure cultural justice to such groups. The constitution does this so that the culture of these groups is not dominated nor wiped out by the culture of the majority community.

 
 


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