Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Mention three rights of an individual, arrested under ordinary circumstances.
Advertisements
Solution
Three rights of an individual arrested under ordinary circumstances are:
- No person shall be detained in custody without being informed of the grounds for such arrest.
- He shall have the right to be defended by a lawyer of his choice.
- He has the right to be produced before the nearest magistrate within twenty-four hours of such arrest. He cannot be detained in custody beyond the said period without the orders of the magistrate.
Exceptions:
- The mentioned safeguards are not available to an enemy alien.
- These rights do not apply to persons detained under the Preventive Detention Act.
RELATED QUESTIONS
What is the significance of the Right to Information granted by an Act enacted in 2005?
What does the Right to Constitutional Remedies provide for?
Article 19 of the Constitution ensures the Citizens Six Freedoms. Explain any four freedoms guaranteed under this Article.
Give the article of the Constitution under which following Right is guaranteed to citizens.
Right to Freedom of Religion
In what way the Fundamental Rights are affected in an Emergency?
Name the Writ that shall be issued under the following circumstance:
When a Superior Court desires to be informed of what is going on in an inferior court.
Part-III of the Constitution deals with Fundamental Rights. Discuss their significance or reason for their inclusion in the Constitution of India under the following headline:
Democracy implies Civil Liberties.
Comment on the statement that the Directive Principles “are fundamental in the governance of the country”.
OR
Since Directive Principles are non-justiciable, what is the use of their being included in the Constitution of India?
There are differences of opinion regarding the significance of both the Directive Principles and the Fundamental Rights. In this context explain the following:
How do the Directive Principles complement Fundamental Rights?
In what respects do the Directive Principles differ from the Fundamental Rights?
