Correct Answer - Option 1 : 21
The correct answer is Article 21.
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Article 21 includes within its ambit the right to live with human dignity and all those aspects of life which go to make a man’s life meaningful, complete and worth living.
- This right is available to both citizens and non-citizens.
- It has introduced the American expression ‘due process of law’.
- In effect, the protection under Article 21 should be available not only against arbitrary executive action but also against arbitrary legislative action.
- Following are the few rights declared as part of Article 21 by the Supreme Court :
- Right to live with human dignity.
- Right to a decent environment including pollution-free water and air and protection against hazardous industries.
- Right against bonded labour
- Right to sleep
- Right to sustainable development etc.
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Article 49-To protect monuments, places and objects of artistic or historic interest which are declared to be of national importance.
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Article 370- Till 2019, the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir had its own constitution and thus enjoyed a special status by virtue of Article 370 of the Constitution of India.
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Article 73 - The Indian Constitution provides that the executive power of the Union extends to matters concerning which the Parliament can make laws.
