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Article 50 of the Constitution embodies a particular institutional principle as part of the Directive Principles of State Policy. Which principle does it embody?
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B.
1. Article 50 is a Directive Principle that requires the State to **take steps to separate the judiciary from the executive in the public services of the State**.
2. The ICSI text uses Article 50 as the constitutional anchor for the doctrine of separation of powers in India, observing that India does not adopt the doctrine in its absolute rigidity but distinguishes the three organs sufficiently.
3. Option A is Article 39(d); option B reflects Article 43; option D is now Article 21A (a fundamental right since 2002, originally a Directive Principle in Article 45). None of them is Article 50.
4. *Ram Jawaya v. State of Punjab, AIR 1955 SC 549* settled that the Indian scheme respects separation without enforcing it rigidly.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive — Lesson 2, 'Separation of Powers', p. 75._
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