A Study on Constitutional Provisions for Human Rights in India

Human Right is the right that every human being possessed just because he/she is being born as a human; irrespective of caste, creed, religion, sex, race, nationality or region. Being born as a human is the only criteria to possess human rights. The constitution of India as well as UN declaration has enriched us all kinds of rights and responsibilities. But to enjoy our rights we should be aware about the rights entrusted upon us. Education is the only way by which we can create awareness among people about their rights and responsibilities. The rights of man have been the concern of all civilizations from time immemorial. The concept of the rights of man and other fundamental rights was not unknown to the people of earlier periods. The Babylonian Laws and the Assyrian laws in the Middle East, the "Dharma & quot; of the Vedic period in India and the jurisprudence of Lao-Tze and Confucius in China, have championed human rights throughout the history of human civilization. In the present study, the investigator seeks to study the evolution history of human rights during Vedic and post Vedic period and to analyze the provision of Indian constitution which safeguard the Human Rights of individual. The study is descriptive in nature. The study is purely based on secondary source.