Right to freedom in constitution

RIGHT TO FREEDOM IN CONSTITUTION

Article 19 of the constitution states about some rules and regulations of protection against certain rights regarding freedom of speech.etc.

All citizens have the right:-

·        To freedom of speech of expression

·        To assemble peaceably and without arms

·        To form associations or unions

·        To move freely throughout the territory of india

·        To reside and settle in any part of territory of india

·        To practice any profession, or to carry on any occupation, trade or business with some limitations stated in rules 2,3,4,5,6 part 1&2.

Article 20 of the constitution speaks about rules and regulations of protection in respect of conviction for offences.

·        No person shall be convicted of any offence except for violation of law in force at the time of the commission of the act charged as an offence, nor be subjected to a penalty greater than that which might have been inflicted under the law in force at the time of the commission of the offence.

·        No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once.

·        No person accused of any offence shall be compelled to be a witness against himself.

Article 21 of the constitution speaks about the rules and regulations regarding protection of life and personal liberty.  No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.

Article 22 of the constitution speaks about the rules and regulations regarding protection against arrest and detention in certain cases.

1.     No person who is arrested shall be detained in custody without being informed, as soon as may be, of the grounds for such arrest nor shall be denied the right to consult, and to be defended by a legal practioner of his choice.

2.     Every person who is arrested and detained in custody shall be produced before the nearest magistrate with in a period of 24 hours of such arrest.

3.     Nothing in this clause 1 and 2 shall apply to

·        To any person who for the time being is an alien or

·        To any person who is arrested or detained under any law providing for preventive detection.

4.     No law providing for preventive detention shall authorize the detention of a person for a longer period than three months except for the reasons stated in sub section a and b.

5.     When any person is detained in pursuance of an order made under any law providing of preventive detention, the authority making the order shall, as soon as may be communicate to such person the grounds on which the order has been made and shall afford him the earliest opportunity of making a representation against the order.

6.     Nothing in clause 5 shall require the authority making any such order as is referred to in this clause to disclose the facts which such authority considers against public interest to disclose.

7.     Parliament may by law prescribe

·        The circumstances under which and the class or classes of cases in which, a person may be  detained for a period longer than three months under any law providing for preventive detention without obtaining the opinion of the advisory board in accordance with the provisions of sub clause “a” of clause (4)

·        The maximum period for which any person may in any class or classes of cases be detained under any law providing for preventive detention and

·        The procedure to be followed by an advisory board in an inquiry under sub clause ‘a” of clause (4)