Consider the following statements 1 While the Fundamental Rights constitute limitations on Sta...........

Indian Polity Fundamental Rights

Consider the following statements:

1. While the Fundamental Rights constitute limitations on State action, the Directive Principles are in the nature of instruments of instruction to the government of the day to do certain things and to achieve certain goals by their actions.

2. The Directive Principles, however, require to be implemented by legislations and so long as there is no law carrying out the policy laid down in a Directive Principle, neither the State nor an individual can violate any existing law or legal rights under the colour of getting a Directive.

3. The Directive Principles are enforceable in the courts and create justiciable rights in favour of the individual.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

all are correct

1,3

2,3

1,2

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Explanation:

FR are negative obligations of the State and they are in the form of prohibiting the State from performing certain acts whereas, DPSP are positive duties cast upon the State to attain the ideal of social and economic justice.
FR are enforceable in a court of law, but DPSP are nonjusticiable.i.e., cannot be enforced in a court of law.
Although Directive Principles, as such, were legally non-enforceable, nevertheless, while interpreting a statute, the courts shall have recourse to the Directive Principles.
The Courts therefore could interpret a statute so as to implement Directive Principles instead of reducing them to mere theoretical ideas.
Fundamental Rights should be interpreted in the light of the Directive Principles and the Directive Principles should be read into the Fundamental Rights.
The political rights (Fundamental Rights) cannot be realised without realisation of economic and social rights (Directive Principles