Abstract
Baba Sahib Bhim Rao Ambedkar views on social justice are the very basis of the Indian Constitution. The social justice means providing equal social opportunities to everyone to develop their personalities, associated with equality and social rights. In every state it becomes important to secure a social order based on justice and creating an equal opportunity available to everyone. Mostly, the people are being treated with discrimination in size, color, caste, religion, race in the society because of they are mostly uneducated and from marginalized sections of the society that creates a social disorder and inequality among them. Hence, the need of the social justice is an inevitable and is the only weapon to prosper the people towards their active participation in the development and mainstream of the society. However, it becomes important to establish an egalitarian social, economic and political order in diverse society like India. It’s in this backdrop the article tries to explore the concept of social justice and Ambedkar view on it. How far Ambedkar’s reflection is visible in Indian Constitution and its relevance in the present times.
Highlights
In every democratic nation people wanted to live freely rather than the merely to survive
These numerous provisions have been incorporated in the constitution, these articles made a special provision for protecting rights and interests of depressed classes that is, Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in India
The article-17 is one among the historic and charter of freedom through which, provision was made in the Indian constitution by abolishing the untouchability and its practice considered against the laws in India
Summary
In every democratic nation people wanted to live freely rather than the merely to survive. In order to have them so, the democratic setup required to absorb a sense of socio-economic and political equality and liberty (Mungerkar, 2017: Viii). The concept of social justice is evolving and keeps changing with the passage of time. It evolves itself into progressively new patterns and expands its frontiers and assumes new dimensions. The society is divided into caste and community lines creating mental borders and barriers of exclusiveness on the basis of superiority and inferiority. These inequalities in turn pose threat to the democracy in India. The concept of social justice moves along with the objective of removing inequalities
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