Strikes through the Prism of Duties: Is There a Fundamental Duty to Strike under the Indian Constitution?

• Main Author: DAM, Shubhankar
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2004
• Subjects: duty; strike; Indian Constitution; Mahatma Gandhi; truth; Public Law and Legal Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research_smu/6; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=sol_research_smu
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Much of the debates on the legality of strikes under the Indian Constitution has been on the issue of a right to strike. This paper argues that the constitutionality of strikes may be analysed through the prism of duties, i.e. fundamental duties under Part IVA of the Constitution. Strikes were an in...