Political Science · Ch 2 — Rights in the Indian Constitution
Right to Constitutional Remedies
Right to Constitutional Remedies
Article 32 gives every citizen the Right to Constitutional Remedies -- the right
to move the Supreme Court directly whenever any of the other Fundamental Rights is violated (Article
226 gives a parallel, and even wider, power to the High Courts). Dr B.R. Ambedkar famously called
Article 32 "the heart and soul" of the Constitution, because without a real, enforceable remedy, the
other Fundamental Rights would be nothing more than promises on paper -- exactly what happened, for
fifty-four years, in Machal Lalung's case.
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To enforce these rights, the Supreme Court and High Courts can issue five kinds of writs: habeas
corpus (produce the detained person before the court and justify the detention), mandamus (direct a
public official to perform a duty they are refusing to perform), prohibition (stop a lower court from
exceeding its jurisdiction), quo warranto (question the legal authority of a person to hold a public
office), and certiorari (transfer a case from a lower court or quash an order passed without proper
authority). From the 1980s onward, the Supreme Court also expanded access to these remedies through …