Directive Principle Of State Policy: A Comparative Study Of The Indian And Irish Constitution

Varun Pandey, National Institute of Securities Market - Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai

ABSTRACT

Directive Principles of state policy that India adopted this idea from the Irish constitution which although not enforceable in a Court of law, play a significant role in governance perspectives. The Both Indian and Irish Constitution impose duties on the government to take care of the economic social and cultural justice of their people. DPSP provides the idea of economic provision of DPSP. Whether the provisions of DPSPs should be included as fundamental rights or remain kept under the DPSPs governance domain was the subject of intense debate in India’s Constitutional Assembly. This paper will discuss what was the motive of the Indian Constitution Assembly behind adopting the DPSPs under the Indian Constitution. The paper will try to analyse comparatively the constitution of both countries India and Ireland and figure out the case law and relevant provisions.

Keywords: Directive Principles of State Policy, Governance, Economic, Cultural and social rights