Rights, Directive Principles and Duties (Parts III, IV, IVA)
Life, liberty, education and arrest (Art. 20-22)
Practise 7 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Protection in respect of conviction: ex post facto, double jeopardy, self-incrimination
- Right to life and personal liberty and its expansion
- Right to privacy read into Article 21 (Puttaswamy)
- Procedure established by law versus due process; Maneka Gandhi
- Right to education (Art. 21A, 86th Amendment)
- Protection against arrest; preventive detention
Where to study
The Constitution of India
- Art. 20-22
- Art. 20
- Art. 21
- Art. 21A
- Art. 22
Indian Polity · M. Laxmikanth
- ch. 7 Right to Freedom
NCERT Class XI Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 2: Rights in the Indian Constitution
- pp. 1-25 whole chapter 'Rights in the Indian Constitution'
- pp. 9-11 'Right to life and personal liberty', 'Rights of accused'
- p. 9 'Right to life and personal liberty'
Supreme Court of India, Justice K.S.Puttaswamy(Retd) And Anr. vs Union Of India And Ors. on 24 August, 2017
- judgment of 24 August 2017 (nine-judge bench on Art. 21)
Supreme Court of India, Maneka Gandhi vs Union Of India on 25 January, 1978
- judgment of 25 January 1978
Supreme Court of India, A.K. Gopalan vs The State Of Madras.Union Of India: on 19 May, 1950
- judgment of 19 May 1950