Polity Study Material: Difference between FR and FD
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Differences between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles
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Fundamental Rights are enforceable in the courts of law while Directive Principles cannot be enforced.
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While Fundamental Righ ts constitute limitations upon state action, the Directive Principles are in the nature of instructions to the Government to achieve certain ends by their decisions.
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Judiciary can declare any law void on the ground that it contravenes any of the Fundamental Rights, while the same is not in the case of Directive Principles.
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In the case of conflict between the Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles, the former prevail.