‘Rights are not limited only to Fundamental Rights as enumerated in the Constitution’. Explain the statement.

The Constitution of India has enumerated certain rights as the Fundamental rights that a citizen can enjoy. However, the fundamental rights are the sources of all the other rights which is granted. The scope of the rights has expanded over the passage of time.

1. The rights that may be derived from the fundamental rights are called as Constitutional Rights and Human Rights.

2. The Right to Education, Right to Information, Right to Freedom of Press are some of the rights that are derived from the fundamental rights.

3. Right to Education has made education compulsory for children below 14 years of age. This has made the state governments responsibility to provide free and compulsory education to all kids.

4. Right to Information Act was passed under the Right to freedom of thought and expression. The citizens of India can ask for any information pertaining to any information from the Government offices.

5. Right to vote in elections, Right to property, Right to food etc., are some of the constitutional rights.

6. There is another kind of rights which is not enumerated by the constitution called Human Rights. There are some universal moral claims that may not be presented by the definition of law but the expansion of democracy, the government is forced to accept such claims. The President of India has appointed a statutory body called National Human Rights Commission to look after these claims.

Thus, it can be said that the rights of the citizens are not only limited to those Fundamental rights that are enumerated in the Constitution.