Q. Consider the following statements regarding Justice in Preamble of Indian Constitution:
1. The term justice in the Preamble embraces social and political justice only.
2. A combination of social justice and economic justice is known as distributive justice.
3. The ideal of Justice has been taken from Russian Revolution.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: D
Notes:
The term ‘justice’ in the Preamble embraces three distinct forms-social, economic and political, secured through various provisions of Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles.
- Social justice denotes the equal treatment of all citizens without any social distinction based on caste, color, race, religion, sex and so on.
- It means absence of privileges being extended to any particular section of the society, and improvement in the conditions of backward classes (SCs, STs and OBCs) and women.
- Economic justice denotes the non-discrimination between people on the basis of economic factors. It involves the elimination of glaring inequalities in wealth, income and property.
- A combination of social justice and economic justice denotes what is known as ‘distributive justice’.
- Political justice implies that all citizens should have equal political rights, equal access to all political offices and equal voice in the government.
- Fundamental Duties & Idea of Social, Economic, and Political Justice in Preamble was taken from Russian Constitution.
Source: Laxmikanth
