Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2017 · Polity and Constitution · Question 61

Which of the following statements is/are true of the Fundamental Duties of an Indian citizen? 1. A legislative process has been provided to enforce these duties. 2. They are correlative to legal duties. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer

Neither 1 nor 2

1. There is no specific constitutional or statutory legislative process provided for enforcing Fundamental Duties as a whole; they are non-justiciable. Parliament may make laws touching related subjects, but that is not the same as a dedicated enforcement process. Verdict: False.

2. Fundamental Duties are not correlative to legal duties in the strict sense; they are mainly moral/constitutional obligations and not enforceable by courts unless backed by a separate law. Hence this statement is also not correct. Verdict: False.

Therefore, neither 1 nor 2 is true.

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