Enforcing Directive Principles of State Policies :A Challenge to Judiciary

Introduction
The author begins with the marginal notes
of the Indian constitution in regards to Directive
Principles of state Policy as it commence from
the negative wordings i.e.‘unenforceable’ it
means no citizens can enforce these Directive
Principles of state Policy before anybody or
anybody.
Directive principles of state policy are
included in part IV of the Indian constitution.
Indian constitution is one among few
Constitutions of the world that has incorporated
such provisions as a part of the main body of
the Constitution.1 The Constitution makers were
inspired to include directive principles of state
policy in the Constitution by the Constitution of
Ireland.
Therefore author had attempted to compel
the State to enforce Directive Principles of State
Policy to the extent of recognizing it as a part and
parcel of basic Fundamental Rights enshrined in
the Part III of the Indian Constitution2.
Role of Judiciary in Constitutional Democracy
In a Constitutional democracy, it is believed
that the people are sovereign and they are
supposed to rule themselves. The government is
supposed to be of the people by the people and
for the people.
As we all are familiar with a large part of
the judiciary is which is recognized as the only
organ of the state which has come to the rescue
of the people of India and the only organ which
has saved the Constitution of India. It is believed
that otherwise the Constitution of India would
have been totally subverted by the Executive
and Legislature.

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