8 Legal Rights Indian Constitution Provides To its Citizens

BANGALORE: Our constitution provides us with various rights which most of us are not aware of. Thus for leading a peaceful life and raising the voice against unnecessary interference of other people in your life, one should know some of the basic laws and rights. Let us look at some of those laws and rights which might be helpful for the day today life.

If your cylinder explodes you are entitled to 40 lakh cover!

All LPG Gas cylinders are insured by default without any formality. All gas agencies should have notice board in their agency office to notify consumer about gas cylinder insurance benefit. In case of any cylinder explosion causes death or property loses the consumers are entitled for a cover up to 40 lakhs.  The consumer should use the gas for legal work only; otherwise you are not eligible for the claim.

Penalized for receiving gifts? Yes, they can be bribes

According to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act 2010 any gift accepted by a government personal can be counted as a bribe. Nowadays sending gifts by multinational companies has been practiced as a tradition in our society thus the government brought this rule in order to avoid the situation of bribery. The next time when you accept a gift from any company, keep this law in mind!

Women can lodge complaints through emails

In order to empower the women in the country and to bring down the crime rates against women down, Delhi police has initiated this law. Yes! If you are a woman who has something to complain about but not sure about walking in to a police station then you are allowed to file a complaint through email. Even you have the privilege to post a complaint as well.

Live-in relationships are not illegal

One of the most discussed topics in our society is live-in relationships. When certain people in the society accuse you for being in an illegal relationship, you can certainly give it back to them and say that according to the constitution it is legal in the country. The law gives such relationships equal status with marriages if certain conditions are met. The children born out of live-in relationships have rights to their parent’s property.

Political parties can solicit your vehicle during elections

Elections campaigns are one of the most difficult challenges the political parties faces. But in order to popularize their party and leader the parties are allowed to use private vehicles which are of common people. The next time a party approaches you for the campaign you can negotiate and make a deal out of it because it is legal. But free rides provided by the parties for to and fro from the poll booths are illegal. 

If you have been fined once in the day you may be excused after that

Traffic rules have to be strictly followed because violating the rules might cause you a life. Although having helmet on while riding is an important rule which is been followed in the country there are people who break this rule and end up with paying the fine. Once you have paid the fine you will be provided with a receipt with which you are allowed to escape from another fine on the same day at any place.

You don't have to pay the MRP, you can buy for less

We have a wrong perception about packaged beverages and foods, most of us pay the MRP to the seller without even asking a single question. But according to the law MRP is the maximum retail price, in which the consumer can bargain but the seller cannot sell the product beyond the fixed price. Thus next time when you are buying products try to buy it with a bit of negotiation.

A police officer is always on duty, literally

According to the 1861 Police Act a police officer is always on duty. That means the officer can take action if they are being informed a crime or an incident even if they are not in uniforms. If someone complains to them they are not supposed to deny service telling that ‘I am not on duty’. 

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