Why can rights be called an instrument of social justice?

They give weaker groups a legal basis against exploitation and discrimination

Correct answer: A. Rights are recognized protections that help every person, especially weaker and disadvantaged groups, claim fair treatment. Social justice means reducing unjust discrimination, exploitation, and unequal treatment. Rights give people a legal basis to oppose forced labour, discrimination, exclusion, or abuse, and they allow courts and public institutions to provide remedies. Thus, rights turn the idea of fairness into an enforceable claim rather than leaving it to the goodwill of powerful people. Option B is wrong because rights challenge unfair inequality instead of making it permanent. Option C is wrong because democratic and constitutional rights are intended to protect all citizens, with special importance for vulnerable groups. Option D is wrong because courts help protect rights; rights do not close them. Memory cue: social justice means equal dignity plus protection against injustice.

This is a Class 9 Civics question. Chapter: Democratic Rights. Topic: The significance of rights in a democracy.