A) Uniform Civil Code
B) Free Education till the children complete age of 6 years (provision after 86th amendment act)
C) Equal pay for equal work
D) Prohibition of intoxicating drinks and of drugs which are injurious to health
Correct Answer: C
Solution :
[c] DPSP are not enforceable by law, yet the Supreme Court has constantly endeavored to make the executive at least make some laws in that regard. The only DPSP which has been enforced by a law is "Equal pay for equal work". The principle of equal pay for equal work for men and women embodied in Article 39 [d] of the Constitution was first considered in Kishori Mohanlal Bakshi vs Union of India in 1962. The Supreme Court then said that it was not capable of being enforced in a court of law. However, the situation changed in 1982, when in Randhir Singh vs Union of India it was unequivocally ruled that the principle was not an abstract doctrine and could be enforced by reading into it the equality precepts enshrined in Articles 14 and 16. The court went so far as to say that even a daily wage employee who is performing duties similar to regular employees is entitled to the same pay. However, the Supreme Court took another turn by 1988 and veered round to the view that the principle cannot be enforced and it should remain only as a guiding star for the law makers and judiciary. For the same purpose there is an act "Equal Remuneration Act of 1976", but the act has been proved toothless so far.
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