Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Human Rights in India

Question:
Assertion: Fundamental rights are enforceable only against the State.
Reasoning: Article 32 provides the right to the aggrieved ones, whose fundamental rights have been violated or denied, to petition the Supreme Court for the enforcement of fundamental rights.
Options:
Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.
Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.
Correct Answer:
Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.
Explanation:
Fundamental rights are mostly enforceable against the State and in some cases against private persons. An example of the former is the right to freedom of speech and expression; for the latter is the prohibition of employment of children below the age of fourteen years in factories, mines, and in places of hazardous activities.