Volume : VIII, Issue : IX, September - 2018

RIGHT TO HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE – CONSTITUTIONAL DIRECTIVES AND JUDICIAL PRONOUNCEMENTS

Dr Amit Patil

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Right to health is recognized by many international human rights treatises. There is also a body of international standards and declarations relating directly or indirectly to the right to health. Right to life is a fundamental right guaranteed by Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. The Directive Principles mentioned in Part IV of the Constitution of India, imposes duty on the State to provide health care to its public. The Supreme Court and the High Courts through its judgements has recognized right to health as fundamental right and had laid down the obligation on the State to provide medical health services.

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Dr Amit Patil, RIGHT TO HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE – CONSTITUTIONAL DIRECTIVES AND JUDICIAL PRONOUNCEMENTS, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-9 | September-2018

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