Which of the following is NOT correct about Directive Principles of State Policy?

Correct — B. This is a NOT question, so the answer is the false statement.

Article 37 settles it. The provisions of Part IV 'shall not be enforceable by any court', though they are fundamental in the governance of the country and a duty on the State to apply in making laws.

Directive Principles are therefore non-justiciable — you cannot go to court to compel the State to implement one.

Statement (b) claims they are justiciable, so it is the statement that is not correct.

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  They provide guidelines for the governance of the country. — True, so it cannot be the answer. Article 37 itself calls the principles fundamental in the governance of the country — guidelines the State is to follow in making law and policy.
• (c)
  They are morally binding on the government. — True. With no legal sanction available, the sanction behind Part IV is moral and political — public opinion and the ballot, not a writ.
• (d)
  They ensure social and economic development. — True. Part IV aims at social and economic democracy: Articles 38, 39, 41 and 43 direct the State towards a welfare order, adequate livelihood, public assistance and a living wage.

Part IV, Articles 36 to 51, carries the Directive Principles, an idea borrowed from the Constitution of Ireland.

The contrast with Part III is the whole point. Fundamental Rights are justiciable and enforceable through Articles 32 and 226; the Directive Principles are not enforceable in any court.

Ambedkar defended them as instructions to future governments — answerable to the electorate rather than to judges.

Textbooks group them as socialistic, Gandhian and liberal–intellectual, but that grouping is a teaching device, not part of the Constitution.

Key facts

• Article 37 states that the Directive Principles are not enforceable by any court.
• The same article calls them fundamental in the governance of the country and a duty on the State to apply in making laws.
• Part IV runs from Article 36 to Article 51, and the idea was borrowed from the Irish Constitution.
• Fundamental Rights in Part III are justiciable, while the Directive Principles in Part IV are not.

Common traps

• Missing the NOT and picking a statement because it is true.
• Assuming a directive implemented by legislation has itself become justiciable. It is the statute that becomes enforceable, not the directive.

No directly related past PYQ was found.