Describe the provisions of the right to freedom given in Articles 19 to 22 of the Constitution.
How to lay out the answer. Follow the frame, then write it in your own words.
1 · Open in one line. The right to freedom (Articles 19 to 22) protects our liberty so that democracy can work.
2 · Six freedoms (Article 19). Speech and expression, assembly, associations and unions, movement, residence, and profession, trade or business.
3 · Reasonable restrictions. Each freedom can be limited for reasons such as the security of India, public order or morality, for example a curfew after violence. Only courts decide what is reasonable.
4 · Conviction for offences (Article 20). No punishment for an act that was not then a crime, no double punishment, no forced self-witness.
5 · Life and personal liberty (Article 21). Life and liberty can be taken only by the procedure established by law.
6 · Arrest and detention (Article 22). Grounds told, lawyer allowed, magistrate within 24 hours; preventive detention reviewed by an Advisory Board within three months.
7 · Close in one line. So our freedom is wide but not unlimited: it must not harm others or the nation.
Scoring tip: Give each Article its own point. Six points with Article numbers fit 80 to 120 words.
