What is Equality before law? What is Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth? Article 14 and 15 of Constitution of India, 1949
Equality before law and Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth are defined under Article 14 and 15 of Constitution of India 1949. Provisions under these Articles are:
Article 14 of Constitution of India "Equality before law"
The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India. Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.
Article 15 of Constitution of India "Prohibition of
discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or
place of birth"
(1) The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on
grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth
or any of them.
(2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race,
caste, sex, place of birth or any of them, be subject to any
disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard
to-
(a) access to shops, public restaurants, hotels and palaces
of public entertainment; or
(b) the use of wells, tanks, bathing ghats, roads and places
of public resort maintained wholly or partly out of State
funds or dedicated to the use of the general public.
(3) Nothing in this Article shall prevent the State from
making any special provision for women and children.
(4) Nothing in this Article or in clause (2) of Article 29
shall prevent the State from making any special provision
for the advancement of any socially and educationally
backward classes of citizens or for the Scheduled Castes and
the Scheduled Tribes.