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SC asks govt to spread knowledge on fundamental duties
New Delhi, Aug 11: The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to expeditiously take steps to spread knowledge among citizens about fundamental duties including them in all stages of educational curriculum.
New Delhi, Aug 11: The Supreme Court has directed
the Centre to expeditiously take steps to spread knowledge
among citizens about fundamental duties including them in
all stages of educational curriculum.
The order was passed by a bench comprising chief justice
V N Khare, Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice S B Sinha
while disposing of a letter petition by former Chief Justice
of India Ranganath Mishra, now a member of Parliament, seeking
a directive to the government educate its citizens about
fundamental duties mentioned in the constitution.
The bench, while disposing of the matter, referred to the
recommendations of a committee headed by another former Chief
Justice, J S Verma, which had made strong suggestions for
the operationalisation of fundamental duties.
Verma committee had said that it was of the view that
"The significance of the dignity of the individual in all its
facets and the objective of overall development of the
personality of the individual must be emphasized in the
curriculum at all the stages of education.
Bureau Report