Maanit Mahajan, B.A.LL.B., Symbiosis Law School, Noida
ABSTRACT
The DPSPs are provided in Part IV of the Constitution of the India and it lays down the principles by which the State should be governed for the social and economic justice, adopted from the Irish Constitution. The DPSPs are not justiciable but they form the framework of governance of India and espouses the principles of a welfare state. To this end, this paper assesses the DPSPs against the backdrop of recent social and economic reforms on the constitutional provisions on Fundamental Rights under Part III. In the past, the DPSPs as a goal to advance the societal interests; support fair distribution of assets; and protect the vulnerable groups. The study makes a strong point of the interaction between judicial activism and legislative power in as far as socio-economic justice is concerned. In addition, current economic policies including agricultural modernisation as well as education policies are also in line with meeting out the DPSPs’ goal.
Basically, this study redeems the role of DPSPs as an emerging concept that supports India’s development paradigm through doctrinal analysis. Therefore, the paper aims to make conclusions with regard to the effects of the reforms in agriculture, education, and efforts for reducing inequity in the country and it is concluded that the DPSPs are still effective in implementing the task of eliminating the disparities in the society. Although the DPSPs are non-justiciable, they are very important in policy formulation as a means of enforcing the state’s duty to make Canada a just and reasonable society for everybody. DPSPs along with the reforms in future can help in framing the socio–economic environment of the country.
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