Consider the following statements about Directive Principles of State Policy DPSP and select the cor...........

Indian Polity Directive Principles

Consider the following statements about Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) and select the correct statement/s:

1. They are fundamental to the governance of the country.

2. They have served as useful beacon-lights to the courts.

3. They are complementary to the fundamental rights of the citizens.

4. They seek to establish Social and economic democracy in the country.

Choose the correct answer using the codes given below.

1,2&3 only

2,3&4 only

1,2&4 only

All the above

The Constitution itself declares that they are fundamental to the governance of the country. According to L M Singhvi, an eminent jurist and diplomat, ‘the Directives are the life-giving provisions of the Constitution. They constitute the stuff of the Constitution and its philosophy of social justice’.
They have served as useful beacon-lights to the courts. They have helped the courts in exercising their power of judicial review, that is, the power to determine the constitutional validity of a law.
They are supplementary to the fundamental rights of the citizens. They are intended to fill in the vacuum in Part III by providing for social and economic rights.Hence statement 3rd is incorrect.
The Directive Principles constitute a very comprehensive economic, social and political programme for a modern democratic State.