Right To Life And Personal Liberty: A Study With Special Reference To Transparency & Integrity In Public Examinations
- IJLLR Journal
- Jun 4
- 1 min read
Garima Negi & Asst. Prof. Anuj Sethi
ABSTRACT
Proclaimed as a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, this right to Life and Personal liberty has become one of the most colourful, wide construed fundamental rights in the country. Initially, article 21 protected the life of an individual from being taken away at the arbitrary hands of the State but is now extended to protection of dignity, fairness, equality of opportunity, livelihood and procedural justice. Public Examinations in Modern India would be the initial centres of education, job, socio-economic development and its effect on future life opportunities for millions of aspirants. But, there are growing concerns about constitutional violations from time to time due to examining malpractice like the leaking of papers, manipulation of results, unfair evaluation and undue recruitment malpractice etc. Transparency in examination systems is important for meritocracy and in line with constitutional constitution of equality and dignity. This work seeks to analyse the correlation between transparency and integrity in public exams, and the right to life and personal liberty. The paper, by using a constitutional analysis, case law analysis, legislative and governance analysis, shows that the importance of having fair and transparent examination systems in the protection of individual rights, psychological wellbeing and democratic accountability.
Keywords: Article 21, Right to Life, Personal Liberty, Public Examinations, Transparency, Integrity, Constitutional Governance, Examination Reforms, Natural Justice, Educational Rights.
