RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE

While articulating his views on he annihiliation of caste, Ambedkar repeatedly expressed himself in favour of a social disorder based on the ideas of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, presumably to highlight the absence of and the need for the same in the Indian society, espicially in the case of Untouchables.

He went on to explain the Imperative nature and Limits of the rights. The imperative of the individual rights for Ambedkar, appears to have become evident due to it’s democratising impact on the society. As a firm believer on the egalitarian and democratic social-political system.

In order to emphasize the indissolubility of the rights , Ambedkar stood by the natural theory of rights which ought to have been the case, given huis comprehensive training in the legal profession.

Rights are protected not by law but by moral conscience of the society. If social conscience is such that it is prepared to recognize the rights which law chooses to enact, rights will be safe and secure. But if the fundamental rights are opposed by the community, no law, no parliament, no judiciary can guarantee them in real sense.

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