The following are certain laws. Are they connected with any value? If yes, then what is the underlying value? Give reasons.
(a) Both daughters and sons will have share in the family property.
(b) There will be different slabs of sales tax on different consumer items.
(c) Religious instructions will not be given in any government school.
(d) There shall be no begar or forced labour.
(a) It is connected with the value of ‘social justice’. Because the right to equality for men and women or for any castes, creed or sex i.e. no discrimination should be made for the individual on the basis of caste, creed or sex etc. It is an issue of gender justice.
(b) There will be different slabs of tax on different consumer items. It is based on the principle of utility. The different slabs are due to the utility of different items. So it is linked with economic justice.
(c) Religious instructions will not be given in any government school. It is connected with the value of secularism.
(d) There shall be no begar or forced labour. It means no exploitation of any section of the society. Thus it is also connected with social justice.
