Social Justice: -

 

Social Justice : - 

Some of the important provisions of the Constitution of India prompting the goal of social justice are as follows: 

a. ‘We the People’:-

 This line from the Indian Constitution’s Preamble captures the transformative goal. ‘We the People’ creates a new identity that equalises opportunities and status for those whose identities were previously shaped by caste, religious, and ethnic systems. An ‘individual’ detached from the principles generated from the framework formed the basis of this identity. It has legal significance in addition to being a significant declaration of independence from colonial control. By decree of the Cabinet Mission Plan, the Constituent Assembly of India was established, responsible for drafting the Constitution for Independent India. ‘We the People’ is a significant departure from the 1947 Independence Act and the Cabinet Mission Plan’s legal restrictions. 

b. Universal Adult Franchise:-

 In a hierarchical society, the establishment of the Universal Adult Franchise, which was founded on the tenets of ‘one person, one vote, one value,’ was revolutionary. According to Rajeev Bhargava, full citizenship in India is awarded based solely on the requirement of being an adult member, a concept known as the categorical principle of inclusion.

c. Abolition of Untouchability: -

Untouchability is outlawed in all forms under Article 17 of the Indian Constitution. It aimed to break with the past by putting an end to the long-standing humiliation that some castes had to endure.

d. Right to Equality:-

 According to academics like Martha Nussbaum, the Constitution of India explicitly recognises the idea of substantive equality by going beyond the idea of formal equality and stating that special protective laws that advance the interests of marginalised groups are not to be interpreted as unlawful discrimination

e. Directive Principles of State Policy:- 

The Directive Principles of State Policy provide a more concise definition of social revolution. According to Austin (1972), the intention behind these concepts was to liberate the Indian masses—that is, to free them from social and natural constraint