Short Note On Fundamental Duties In India

INTRODUCTION
Duty means responsibility. Everyone has
duties in their life. One performs these duties
necessarily. Our supreme law of land also
describes duties to the people. These duties are
fundamental in nature. Our constitution provides
fundamental rights under part-III, from article
12 to 35. If a person has rights means he is
also having some duties. If a person has duty,
it is a right of another person. Every state now
has a legal document that provides duties that
must be followed by the citizens of that state.
Likewise Indian constitution also has part-IV-A
as fundamental duties which prescribe 11 duties
that a Indian citizen must follow. Theses includes
duty towards nation, duty towards nature, duty
towards children etc.
CONCEPT OF FUNDAMENTAL DUTY
The fundamental duties are defined as
the moral obligations of all citizens to help
promote a spirit of patriotism and to uphold the
unity of India. These duties set in part IV-A of
the Constitution, concern individuals and the
nation. They are not legally enforceable. They
are held by the Supreme Court to be obligatory
for all citizens. If a person is given rights by his
constitution, that also provide duties which has
to be followed by him. If someone is getting
rights and does not have any duty then there
must be a conflict with other citizen. So duty is
a sanction on the enjoyment of the rights. These
duties are of some formal nature that includes
basic duties for example moral duties, social
duties, national duties etc. If in a country citizens
have only rights, no duty then it will not be good
for that country. People will infringe the rights
of another and there is no sanction for it. So it is
must that countries provide its citizens a code of
duty that will be followed by them.