In India, separation of judiciary from the executive is enjoined by
Answer & explanation
Answer: (b) a Directive Principle of State Policy
Article 50, in Part IV (Directive Principles of State Policy), asks the State to work towards keeping the judiciary apart from the executive in its public services. It is a directive to the State, not a Preamble ideal, a Schedule entry or a mere convention.
- ✓ (b) Article 50 ('Separation of judiciary from executive') is one of the Directive Principles in Part IV of the Constitution.
- ✗ (a) The Preamble speaks of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity; it does not mention separating the judiciary from the executive.
- ✗ (d) The separation is not left to convention; the Constitution itself states it in Article 50, although, being a Directive Principle, it cannot be enforced in court.
Remember · Article 50, a Directive Principle in Part IV, enjoins separation of the judiciary from the executive; like other DPSPs it is not enforceable in court.
📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 11 Indian Constitution at Work, Ch 2 (practise this chapter)
Sources
- Constitution of India, Part IV, Article 50 ↗ “50. Separation of judiciary from executive.—The State shall take steps to separate the judiciary from the executive in the public services of the State.”
- NCERT Class 11 · Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 2 “Thus, these guidelines are 'non-justiciable' i.e., parts of the Constitution that cannot be enforced by the judiciary.”
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