Q. Consider the following statements about fundamental Rights.
1. The state can impose reasonable restrictions on them.
2. They are defended and guaranteed by the Supreme Court.
Laws to enforce fundamental rights can be made only by the parliament and not by the state legislature.
4. Their application to the members of armed forces can be restricted or abrogated by the Supreme court.
How many statements given above are correct?
Exp) Option c is the correct answer
Statement 1 is correct: Fundamental Rights are not absolute but qualified. The state can impose reasonable restrictions on them. However, whether such restrictions are reasonable or not is to be decided by the courts. Thus, they strike a balance between the rights of the individual and those of the society as a whole, between individual liberty and social control.
Statement 2 is correct: Fundamental Rights are defended and guaranteed by the Supreme Court. Hence, the aggrieved person can directly go to the Supreme court, not necessarily by way of appeal against the judgment of the high courts.
Statement 3 is correct: Most of the fundamental rights are directly enforceable (self-executory) while a few of them can be enforced on the basis of a law made for giving effect to them. Such a law can be made only by the Parliament and not by state legislatures so that uniformity throughout the country is maintained (Article 35).
Statement 4 is incorrect: Their application to the members of armed forces, para-military forces, police forces, intelligence agencies and analogous services can be restricted or abrogated by the Parliament (Article 33).
