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SAI International school

                                                   Session 2020-21
                                                        Grade- IX
                                                   Political Science

                                              Ch-5 Democratic Rights
                                    Sub topic- 4 Expanding Scope of Rights

                                                      Lesson Note



        Expanding Scope of Rights

        Fundamental Rights are the source of all rights, our Constitution and law offer a wider range of rights.
        Over the years the scope of rights has expanded. From time to time, the courts gave judgments to
        expand the scope of rights.


            1.  Certain rights like the right to freedom of press, right to information, and right to education are
               derived from the Fundamental Rights.
            2.  Now school education has become a right for Indian citizens. The governments are
               responsible for providing free and compulsory education to all children up to the age of 14
               years.
            3.  Parliament has enacted a law giving the right to information to the citizens.
            4.  The Supreme Court has expanded the meaning of the right to life to include the right to food.
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