Part 3: Fundamental Rights – Right to Life and Dignity
- Title
- Part 3: Fundamental Rights – Right to Life and Dignity
- Description
Fundamental Rights
Part 3 (Articles 16–46) of the Constitution guarantees 31 fundamental rights to ensure the dignity, liberty, and equality of every citizen.
Key Civil and Political Rights
- Article 16 (Right to Live with Dignity): Every citizen has the right to live with dignity. No law shall be made providing for the death penalty.
- Article 17 (Right to Freedom): Guarantees freedom of opinion, peaceful assembly, association, movement, and profession.
- Article 18 (Right to Equality): All citizens are equal before the law. There shall be no discrimination on grounds of origin, religion, race, caste, sex, or language.
- Article 19 (Right to Communication): No publication, broadcasting, or printing shall be censored, except under prescribed legal limitations.
- Article 20 (Rights relating to Justice): No person shall be detained without being informed of the grounds. Detained persons must be produced before a judicial authority within $24$ hours of arrest.
- Article 22 (Right against Torture): No person in custody shall be subjected to physical or mental torture.
- Part Number
- 3
- Article Range
- Art. 16–46
- Category
- Fundamental Rights