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The right to constitutional remedies is a fundamental provision in many constitutions, including India’s, which allows citizens to seek judicial redress when their fundamental rights are violated. Essentially, it’s the safety net that ensures all the other fundamental rights are meaningful. Without a method to enforce these rights, they would merely be symbolic. In the…

The oldest living Prime Minister is Manmohan Singh, born 26 September 1932 (aged 88 years, 178 days). The youngest living Prime Minister is the incumbent Narendra Modi, born 17 September 1950 (aged 70 years, 187 days). Manmohan Singh and H. D. Deve Gowda are the only surviving former Prime Ministers of India. The longest lived Prime Minister was Morarji Desai, who lived to the age…

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