Which of the following statements is/are true of the Fundamental Duties of an Indian citizen?
- A legislative process has been provided to enforce these duties.
- They are correlative to legal duties.
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Detailed Explanation:
Answer: Option 4 — Neither 1 nor 2
Fundamental Duties, enshrined in Article 51A (Part IV-A) of the Constitution, are non-justiciable and the Constitution does not provide any legislative process for their enforcement. They are moral and civic obligations, not correlative to legal duties which carry specific penalties under statutory law.
❌ Statement 1 – Incorrect: The Constitution does not provide any legislative process to enforce Fundamental Duties; they are non-justiciable and enforcement mechanisms, if any, are created through separate statutes outside the constitutional framework.
❌ Statement 2 – Incorrect: Fundamental Duties are not correlative to legal duties; they are moral and civic principles without direct legal enforceability, unlike legal duties which are specific obligations with defined penalties under law.
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