Explanation:

• The Directive Principles along with the Fundamental Rights contain the philosophy of the Constitution and is the soul of the Constitution.
• Granville Austin has described the Directive Principles and the Fundamental Rights as the ‘Conscience of the Constitution”.
• Often termed as the conscience of the Constitution, these principles were initially ignored by the Supreme Court while interpreting various socio-economic rights.
• It was only after the landmark verdict in the Keshavananda Bharati’s case in 1973 that the top court said that directive principles must be viewed as the guidelines by which the fundamental rights are realised.
• “The Indian Constitution is founded on the bedrock of the balance between Part-III (Fundamental Rights) and Part-IV (Directive Principles of State Policy).
• To give absolute primacy to one over the other is to disturb the harmony of the Constitution.
• This harmony and balance is an essential feature of the basic structure of the Constitution,” said Justice PN Bhagwati in Minerva Case.