Human Rights and Constitution of India

AbstractThe Indian Constitution is the fundamental and supreme law of India’s democraticsystem. This Constitution, which came into force on 26 January 1950, declared India to be asovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic. The main responsibility of the Constitution isto protect the freedom, equality, justice and dignity of every citizen of India. Human rights arethe birthrights that every human being has as a “human being”. The Indian Constitution hasmade extensive provisions to protect and promote these rights. The Constitution creates aconcrete framework for protecting the rights of citizens through fundamental rights, fundamentalduties, directive principles of the state and various laws.