THEORIES OF JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTION OF INDIA

Abstract Indian Constitution concerns of Justice, Liberty, Equality, Integrity and Dignity. Notion of Justice depends on the Interpretation of the Constitution. Constitution provides Justice i.e. Social Justice, Economic Justice and Legal Justice, which are part and parcel of doctrine of Distributive Justice. The ‘Distributive Justice’ phenomenon is based upon two important points: firstly, equal distribution, not only of, resources and materials, but rights, duties and liabilities also and secondly, Justice is a phenomenon, not only for people, who govern, but also for who are governed. Indian Constitution talks about ‘equality before Law’ and ‘Right to live with dignity’ under Articles 14 & 21 respectively, which are soul of Governance of Constitution; Constitution prevails because it gives identity to its people. Identity in society is everything for Justice; we claim for our identity not merely for justice. Many philosophers had provided different notions of Justice. Indian Constitution cannot be said to be based on one theory, rather, it is a resultant phenomenon of all the jurisprudential theories, which calls for realistic efforts for the social, individual, legal, economic and over all development. The article provides a brief discussion on the different aspects of Justice; the way of defining is different, but the aim is to provide a meaning to ‘Justice’.