CUET Preparation Today
| Consider the passage given below and answer the following question. Prior to Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India judgment, Article 21 ensured the right to life and personal liberty to citizens just against the arbitrary action of executive and not from legislative action. The state could obstruct the freedom of citizens in the event that it could uphold its activity by a substantial regulation. Justice Bhagwati observed that the expression ‘personal liberty’ in Article 21 is of widest amplitude and it covers a variety of rights which go to constitute the personal liberty of man and some of them have raised to the status of distinct fundamental rights and given additional safeguard under Article 19. |
| "Right to education" has been mentioned in which of the following Article of the Constitution? |
Article 21 A
Article 21B
Article 21
None of the above |
| Article 21 A |
| Right to Education: Article 21A states that “The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years in such manner as the State may, by law, determine.” This article provides for right to education to all between the age of six and fourteen and obligates State to implement this. |
