Now a days, we are much more familiar with word ‘rights' and things associated with it.In this blog will we will try to understand the world ‘right’ from legal point of view.

      ‘Right’ , in general sense is power , a privilege. It can be also defined as, “a man is entitled to have or  to receive from others within the limits prescribed by the law”.It further can be called as an interest which is recognized and protected by a rule of law. 

Characteristics of a right :-

1. It is vested on or we can say thrusts upon a person, who is the owner of a right.
2. It avails against a person upon whom lies the co-relative duty.
3. It obliges the person, on whom right is vested, to undertake an act or to avoid an act through omission or by commission in favour of the person.
4. Every right has a title that is enforceable by the law.

Kinds of rights :- 

               Rights can be both legal or moral. those are classified as follows.

  1. Inheritable and un-inheritable rights  -:               

                Right is inheritable when it survives its owner is called as inheritable right .If rights dies with its owner is known as un- inheritable right.

2.Principal and Accessory rights -:

               A principle right is the main right vested in a person under the law. An accessory right is the secondary right which is connected to or arises out of a principal right.

3.Right in rem and right in personam  -:

              A right in rem imposes an obligation on the world at large. A right in personam imposes an obligation on the individual person or persons specified.

4.Primary and Secondary rights -:

              Primary right can be created and enforce, without any connection to right already existing.Secondary rights can only arise for the purpose of protecting or enforcing or supporting primary right.

5.Absolute or Qualified rights -:

          An absolute right gives to the person in whom it  inheres the uncontrolled dominion over the object at all times and for all purposes. A qualified right gives the possessor a right to the object for certain purpose or under certain circumstances only.

6.Legal or equitable rights -:

             Legal right are available when the person seeking to enforce the right for his own benefit has the legal title and a remedy at law. Equitable rights are enforceable only in equity.

7.Proprietary and Personal Rights -:

           The aggregate of a man's proprietary rights constitutes his estate, his assets and or/ or his property. The sum total of a man's personal right,pm the other hand, constitutes his status e.g. he is a free man, a father, a husband etc. A person has a right in respect of his own person, in respect of relations , material things, reputation and in respect of other rights.

8.Public Rights and Private Rights -:

                A public right is possessed by every member of the public. A private right is available to individuals, e.g. right to own a house or a car is a private.

                     above rights are can be also classified as constitutional rights, natural, civil and political rights.That's all for a day.

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