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70 Years of Indian

Constitution

There are some fundamental duties, not
right to establish and administer educational institutions of their
choice. merely those directly set out in Article 51-A.
A more embracing fundamental duty is that
6. Right to constitutional remedies (Articles 32-35). of making India a better country to live in, a

By this right every citizen is empowered to approach the Supreme more prosperous and better governed one.
Court for enforcement of the Fundamental Rights. The Supreme No citizen can abdicate that responsibility
Court may issue writs habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition,
quo warranto, or certiorari for application of the Fundamental that it has functioned as an effective instrument of societal
Rights. As India celebrates the seventieth anniversary of transformation and effected a peaceful social revolution.
the adoption of the Constitution, it is a moment of satisfaction

Prof Meenakshi Jain, Padma Shri awardee, is an Indian political scientist
and historian. A scholar on relations between caste and politics, she is
currently an associate professor of History at Gargi College, Delhi.

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