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Article 12 |
in this part,unless the context otherwise requires, the state include the government and Parliament of india and the government and legislature of the states and the local or other authorities that come under indian territory or under the control of government of india. |
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Article 13 laws inconsistent with or in derogation of fundamental rights |
13. (1) All laws in force in the territory of India immediately before the commencement of this Constitution, in so far as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Part, shall, to the extent of such inconsistency, be void.(2) The State shall not make any law which takes away or abridges the rights conferred by this Part and any law made in contravention of this clause shall, to the extent of the contravention, be void. |
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Article 14 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 |
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Article 15 Prohibition of discrimination on the basis of race caste religion or gender |
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 places 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. |
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Article 16 providing equal opportunities in public employment |
1) There shall be equality of opportunity for all citizens in matters relating to employment or appointment to any office under the State.(2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, descent, place of birth, residence or any of them, be ineligible for, or discriminated against in respect of, any employment or office under the State. |
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Article 17 abolition of untouchability |
Untouchability" is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden. The enforcement of any disability arising out of "Untouchability" shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law. |
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Article 18 Abolition of titles |
(1)No title, not being a military or academic distinction, shall be conferred by the State.(2) No citizen of India shall accept any title from any foreign State.(3) No person who is not a citizen of India shall, while he holds any office of profit or trust under the State, accept without the consent of the President any title from any foreign State.(4) No person holding any office of profit or trust under the State shall, without the consent of the President, accept any present, emolument, or office of any kind from or under any foreign State. |
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Article 19 protection of certain rights like freedom of speech |
19. (1) All citizens shall have the right-(a) to freedom of speech and expression;(b) to assemble peaceably and without arms;(c) to form associations or unions ]or co-operative societies]*******;(d) to move freely throughout the territory of India;(e) to reside and settle in any part of the territory of India; [and]* |
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Article 20 Protection in respect of conviction of offences |
No person shall be convicted of any offence except for violation of a law in force at the time of the commission of the Act charged as an offence, nor be subjected to a penalty greater than that which might have been inflicted under the law in force at the time of the commission of the offence.(2) No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once. (3) No person accused of any offence shall be compelled to be a witness against himself. |
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Article 21 protection of life and personal liberty |
No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law. |
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Article 21a right to education |
The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years in such manner as the State may, by law, determine.]* |
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Article 22 protection against arrest and detaintion |
1) No person who is arrested shall be detained in custody without being informed, as soon as may be, of the grounds for such arrest nor shall he be denied the right to consult, and to be defended by, a legal practitioner of his choice.(2) Every person who is arrested and detained in custody shall be produced before the nearest magistrate within a period of twenty-four hours of such arrest excluding the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the court of the magistrate and no such person shall be detained in custody beyond the said period without the authority of a magistrate. |
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Article 23 prohibition of traffic of human and forced labour |
(1) Traffic in human beings and begar and other similar forms of forced labour are prohibited and any contravention of this provision shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law.(2) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from imposing compulsory service for public purposes, and in imposing such service the State shall not make any discrimination on grounds only of religion, race, caste or class or any of them. |
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Article 24 prohibition of employment of children in factories |
No child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment. |
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Article 30 |
All minorities, whether based on religion or language, shall have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.[(1A) In making any law providing for the compulsory acquisition of any property of an educational institution established and administered by a minority, referred to in clause (1), the State shall ensure that the amount fixed by or determined under such law for the acquisition of such property is such as would not restrict or abrogate the right guaranteed under that clause.]*(2) The State shall not, in granting aid to educational institutions, discriminate against any educational institution on the ground that it is under the management of a minority, whether based on religion or language. |
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Article 26 |
Subject to public order, morality and health, every religious denomination or any section thereof shall have the right-(a) to establish and maintain institutions for religious and charitable purposes;(b) to manage its own affairs in matters of religion;(c) to own and acquire movable and immovable property; and(d) to administer such property in accordance with law. |
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Article 27 |
No person shall be compelled to pay any taxes, the proceeds of which are specifically appropriated in payment of expenses for the promotion or maintenance of any particular religion or religious denomination. |
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Article 32 |
32. (1) The right to move the Supreme Court by appropriate proceedings for the enforcement of the rights conferred by this Part is guaranteed.(2) The Supreme Court shall have power to issue directions or orders or writs, including writs in the nature of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and certiorari, whichever may be appropriate, for the enforcement of any of the rights conferred by this Part.(3) Without prejudice to the powers conferred on the Supreme Court by clauses (1) and (2), Parliament may by law empower any other court to exercise within the local limits of its jurisdiction all or any of the powers exercisable by the Supreme Court under clause (2).(4) The right guaranteed by this article shall not be suspended except as otherwise provided for by this Constitution. |
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Article 25 freedom of conscience and free to practice profession,religion, etc. |
1) Subject to public order, morality and health and to the other provisions of this Part, all persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practise and propagate religion.(2) Nothing in this article shall affect the operation of any existing law or prevent the State from making any law-(a) regulating or restricting any economic, financial, political or other secular activity which may be associated with religious practice;(b) providing for social welfare and reform or the throwing open of Hindu religious institutions of a public character to all classes and sections of Hindus. |
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Article 34 |
Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Part, Parliament may by law indemnify any person in the service of the Union or of a State or any other person in respect of any act done by him in connection with the maintenance or restoration of order in any area within the territory of India where martial law was in force or validate any sentence passed, punishment inflicted, forfeiture ordered or other act done under martial law in such area. |
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Article 31a |
the acquisition by the State of any estate or of any rights therein or the extinguishment or modification of any such rights, or(b) the taking over of the management of any property by the State for a limited period either in the public interest or in order to secure the proper management of the property, or(c) the amalgamation of two or more corporations either in the public interest or in order to secure the proper management of any of the corporations, or(d) the extinguishment or modification of any rights of managing agents, secretaries and treasurers, managing directors, directors or managers of corporations, or of any voting rights of shareholders thereof, or(e) the extinguishment or modification of any rights accruing by virtue of any agreement, lease or licence for the purpose of searching for, or winning, any mineral or mineral oil, or the premature termination or cancellation of any such agreement, lease or licence,shall be deemed to be void on the ground that it is inconsistent with, or takes away or abridges any of the rights conferred by [article 14 or article 19]***: |
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Article 28 |
1) No religious instruction shall be provided in any educational institution wholly maintained out of State funds.(2) Nothing in clause (1) shall apply to an educational institution which is administered by the State but has been established under any endowment or trust which requires that religious instruction shall be imparted in such institution.(3) No person attending any educational institution recognised by the State or receiving aid out of State funds shall be required to take part in any religious instruction that may be imparted in such institution or to attend any religious worship that may be conducted in such institution or in any premises attached thereto unless such person or, if such person is a minor, his guardian has given his consent thereto. |
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Article 33 |
33. Parliament may, by law, determine to what extent any of the rights conferred by this Part shall, in their application to,-(a) the members of the Armed Forces; or(b) the members of the Forces charged with the maintenance of public order; or(c) persons employed in any bureau or other organisation established by the State for purposes of intelligence or counter intelligence; or(d) person employed in, or in connection with, the telecommunication systems set up for the purposes of any Force, bureau or organisation referred to in clauses (a) to (c), be restricted or abrogated so as to ensure the proper discharge of their duties and the maintenance of discipline among them.]* |
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Article 29 |
1) Any section of the citizens residing in the territory of India or any part thereof having a distinct language, script or culture of its own shall have the right to conserve the same.(2) No citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution maintained by the State or receiving aid out of State funds on grounds only of religion, race, caste, language or any of them. |
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Article 35 |
Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution,-(a) Parliament shall have, and the Legislature of a State shall not have, power to make laws-(i) with respect to any of the matters which under clause (3) of article 16, clause (3) of article 32, article 33 and article 34 may be provided for by law made by Parliament; and(ii) for prescribing punishment for those acts which are declared to be offences under this Part; and Parliament shall, as soon as may be after the commencement of this Constitution, make laws for prescribing punishment for the acts referred to in sub-clause (ii);(b) any law in force immediately before the commencement of this Constitution in the territory of India with respect to any of the matters referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (a) or providing for punishment for any act referred to in sub-clause (ii) of that clause shall, subject to the terms thereof and to any adaptations and modifications that may be made therein under article 372, continue in force until altered or repealed or amended by Parliament. |
