Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) — Implementation & Conflicts with FR

Knowledge Themes

Structural Subtopics

• Non-justiciability of DPSP and its significance in governance
• Doctrine of Harmonious Construction in Kerala Education Bill 1957
• Superiority of Fundamental Rights in Champakam Dorairajan case
• Transcendental position of Fundamental Rights in Golaknath case
• Judicial Review as Basic Structure in Kesavananda Bharati case
• Validation of Article 31C's first clause for Articles 39b and 39c
• Balance between Part III and Part IV as a Basic Structure in Minerva Mills case
• Impact of 42nd Amendment Act on the scope of Article 31C
• Shift from individual rights to collective welfare in land reform litigations
• Evolution of complementary relationship between FRs and DPSPs
• Implementation of Article 47 through the Right to Education Act and Mid-day Meal Scheme
• Conflict between Right to Property and socio-economic justice goals
• Moral and political sanctions vs legal sanctions of DPSPs
• Role of DPSPs in establishing social and economic democracy