What is article 15?

In today's world discrimination of race,caste, sex, religion is growing day by day.So government decided to release article 15 constitution of India means to ban biasness towards caste, religion,sex etc. This article is written by Devansh Sharma, 1st year Student, at Law School, Banaras Hindu University. In 21st century there are many narrow minded people exist in this world,for those people this article 15 is made.

Article 15 is the weapon that shatters the upper-caste-lower-caste divide. Let us know what Article 15 is and why it is so vital for the world's largest democracy.

What is the meaning of Article 15?

Article 15 is a continuation of Article 14, which states that everyone is equal before the law and should be treated similarly under the law. However, in India, it signifies that equals should be treated equally and unequals should be treated unequally. It stipulates that the government would not discriminate against citizens based on their religion, race, caste, or sexual orientation. Birthplace or any of them.

Furthermore, there will be no discrimination in the use or access to public places: Shops and public dining establishments, hotels and public entertainment venues.

The rationale for implementing this provision in India is as follows.

The inclusion of these regulations was motivated by the fact that in pre-independence India, particularly in the Caste system, one portion was frequently viewed as inferior to the other. The article also gives the government the authority to make specific provisions for women, children, SEBCs (Socially and Educationally Backward Classes), SCs (Scheduled Castes), and STs (Scheduled Tribes)

These powers have been provided to the state so that it can make provisions that will assist these groups in rising to become equals with the rest of society. These measures can be regarded to be for the upliftment of those portions of society that have been downtrodden/poor for a long time.

Are there any government-sponsored initiatives aimed at implementing Article 15?

When questioned if the government has any special programmes in place to ensure that Article 15 is fully implemented throughout the country, he responded that, in terms of ending discrimination against sections based on the aforementioned premise, the first thing that comes to mind is:

The Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, says that no person from a SC or ST group shall be discriminated against or subjected to violence just because they are members of that group

The Hindu Succession Act of 1956 assures that women are no longer discriminated against because they only have a restricted owner' status, and that they are given full rights and privileges over their property, a power that males already possess under Hindu Law.

The Central government recently revoked the 1850 Caste Disabilities Removal Act, which was designed to prevent discrimination based on a person's caste. The government believed the Act had grown obsolete, thus it was repealed.

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