Paper I · 5 Indian Polity & Governance · 5.1.8 DPSP and Fundamental Duties

5.1.8.3 Fundamental Rights versus Directive Principles

Fundamental Rights are enforceable limits on the State, and Directive Principles are unenforceable goals for it. After decades of conflict, the Supreme Court settled on balance: the two must be read together, and neither may destroy the other.

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Key terms

  • conflict
  • harmony
  • Article 31C
  • Champakam Dorairajan
  • Golaknath
  • Kesavananda Bharati
  • Minerva Mills
  • harmonious construction
  • 25th Amendment
  • 42nd Amendment

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