Q. In the context of Indian Constitution, which of the following statement would you accept as the most appropriate definition of ‘Reasonable Restriction’?
Exp) Option b is the correct answer.
The phrase ‘reasonable restriction connotes that the limitation imposed upon a person in enjoyment of the right should not be arbitrary or of an excessive nature, beyond what is required in the interest of the public. The restrictions must be there but they need to be reasonable in nature. Eg. Restrictions mentioned under Article 19(2) considered to be reasonable restrictions over Article 19.
| Important Tips The freedoms enumerated in Art.19 (1) are those great and basic rights, which are recognized as the natural rights inherent in the status of a citizen. But none of these freedoms is absolute or uncontrolled, for each is liable to be curtailed by laws made or to be made by the state to the extent mentioned in clauses (2) to (6) of Art 19. Clauses (2) to (6) recognize the right of the State to make laws putting reasonable restrictions in the interests of the general public, security of the State, public order, decency, or morality and for other reasons set out in those sub-clauses. |
