Q.One limitation is inadequate gender justice attention. What evidence supports this? What provisions would you recommend today?

This concept covers the limitations the Constitution's framers themselves would be seen to acknowledge — distinct from criticisms made by outside critics (a separate concept). A limitation, unlike a criticism, reflects a genuine shortcoming the chapter itself concedes, while still arguing it does not seriously threaten the Constitution's overall philosophy. Three limitations are named. First, the Indian Constitution rests on a fairly centralised idea of national unity — even while accommodating regional and linguistic diversity through asymmetric federalism, its underlying conception of unity leans towards the centre rather than being genuinely balanced between the Union and the states. Second, the Constitution appears to have glossed over important issues of gender justice, particularly within the family, where matters such as unequal inheritance rights or unequal legal standing regarding children were not squarely secured as constitutional guarantees of equality. Third, it remains unclear why, in a country as poor as India was at independence, basic socio-economic rights (concerning work, education, or a minimum standard of living) were placed in the non-justiciable Directi …