Question

B. R. Ambedkar termed Article 32 of the Indian Constitution as the “Heart and Soul of the Indian Constitution”. Which one of the following fundamental right it contains ?

• A. Right to freedom
• B. Right to constitutional remedies
• C. Right to elementary education
• D. Right to freedom of religion

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Right to constitutional remedies

• Article 32 also empowers Parliament to authorize any other court to issue these writs
• Before 1950, only the High Courts of Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras had the power to issue the writs
• Article 226 empowers all the high courts of India to issue the writs
• Writs of India are borrowed from English law where they are known as ‘Prerogative writs’