A STUDY OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS IN THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION

The fundamental rights mentioned in the Indian Constitution are those rights that shape the lives of men and women in society. The rights provide the vision, roadmap and strategy of life for the people. In this paper, a research study is made about the six fundamental rights: right to Equality, right to Freedom, right against exploitation, right to Freedom of religion, cultural and educational rights, and right to constitutional remedies. A comprehensive study is conducted about the rights for better understanding of them. It is also an interpretation of the rules about the rights given in the Indian constitution and to decode them; to simplify understanding about them, this paper also includes the updates or amended rights to the original version of the constitution, like the addition of right to silence under right to Freedom of speech and expression. This paper aims to discover and rediscover knowledge and values; it also provides the criticism and relevance of fundamental rights in society. These rights span from Article number 12 to 35 in the Indian Constitution. Here, due importance will be given to more valuable ideals of rights among all rights, and about rights that are of contemporary relevance and that reflect contemporary challenges like that of right to life and personal liberty- right to privacy (article 21). All these rights are also called ‘Bill of Rights’. The function of Fundamental Rights is accordingly to act against arbitrary action against rights of the people. And to provide solution in case any of the rights is breached. The rights of the people aim to provide moral and intellectual perfection for men. KEYWORDS: fundamental rights, Indian Constitution, Freedom, Untouchability, government, minority