Fundamental Rights in the Indian constitution

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Rights are important because: To lead a life of respect and dignity, i.e. economic independence gives the right to fulfill the basic needs of a person by one's talents and interests. ... Rights are necessary for the entire world, he. right to livelihood, freedom of expression, etc.

Democracy must ensure that individuals have certain rights and that the government will always recognize these rights. Therefore it is often a practice in most democratic countries to list the rights of the citizens in the constitution itself. Such a list of rights mentioned and protected by the constitution is called the ‘bill of rights. A bill of rights prohibits the government from thus acting against the rights of the individuals and ensures a remedy in case there is a violation of these rights.

The Constitution listed the rights that would be specially protected and called them ‘fundamental rights. The word fundamental suggests that these rights are so important that the Constitution has separately listed them and made special provisions for their protection. The Fundamental Rights are so important that the Constitution itself ensures that they are not violated by the government. Fundamental Rights are different from other rights available to us. While ordinary legal rights are protected and enforced by ordinary law, Fundamental Rights are protected and guaranteed by the constitution of the country. Ordinary rights may be changed by the legislature by the ordinary process of law-making, but a fundamental right may only be changed by amending the Constitution itself. Besides this, no organ of the government can act in a manner that violates them.

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