Constitution Section 32 — Remedies for enforcement of rights conferred by this Part

Part III — FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS — Right to Constitutional Remedies

Constitutional

Summary

You have a guaranteed right to directly approach the Supreme Court to enforce your fundamental rights under the Constitution. The Supreme Court can issue orders or writs like habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto, and certiorari to protect these rights. Parliament can also pass a law giving other courts the power to issue similar orders within their local areas. This right to approach the Supreme Court cannot be suspended except as the Constitution itself allows.

Official Text

(1) The right to move the Supreme Court by appropriate proceedings for the enforcement of the rights conferred by this Part is guaranteed.

(2) The Supreme Court shall have power to issue directions or orders or writs, including writs in the nature of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition,quo warranto and certiorari,whichever may be appropriate, for the enforcement of any of the rights conferred by this Part.

(3) Without prejudice to the powers conferred on the Supreme Court by clauses

(1) and (2), Parliament may by law empower any other court to exercise within the local limits of its jurisdiction all or any of the powers exercisable by the Supreme Court under clause (2).

(4) The right guaranteed by this article shall not be suspended except as otherwise provided for by this Constitution.

Related Provisions

fundamental rights

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