Essay · Political theory
What the Directive Principles Cannot Compel
A duty that no court will enforce is still a duty. The question is who it is addressed to.
Sahil RazaJuly 2026 १min read
The directive principles are the part of the text most often described as aspirational, which is usually a polite way of saying ignorable. That reading survives because it is convenient, not because it is careful.
An unenforceable obligation is not the same as an absent one. It relocates the obligation from the courtroom to the legislature, and from the legislature to the electorate, which is a harder audience but not a smaller one.
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