Distinguish between ‘Constitutional Right’ and ‘Natural Right’ with examples.
The distinctions between the Constitutional Rights and the Natural Rights are made below:
The constitutional rights are those facilities, opportunities and liberties which have been recognised and enforced by the state. Laws of the state define, enforce and protect these rights, they are definite and can be enjoyed in actual practice by the people.
For example, the right to vote, the right to contest elections, the right to equality are the constitutional rights.
On the other hand, the natural rights are those rights which have been given to the individuals by nature or God. In fact, these rights are basic, natural and essential for the human beings, without which the human beings cannot live and cannot progress.
The right to life, the right to liberty and the right to property in the state of nature are the natural rights.
