- Article 15 guarantees the FR of prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex, or place of birth.
- Articles 15(1) and (2) broadly state that the “State” shall not discriminate against “any citizen” on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth, or any of them.
- It provides that there shall be no restriction on any person to access and use the public places and places of public resort maintained wholly or partly by the state or dedicated to the use of the general public.
- Article 15(3) onward, the Constitution lays down provisions relating to protective discrimination — the policy of granting special privileges to underprivileged sections.
- Articles 15(3) and 15(4) are the foundation for reservations in education and employment in the country.
- Article 15(3) empowers the state to make special provisions for women and children.
- Article 15(4) empowers the state to make special provisions for the advancement of socially and educationally backward, and SC/STs.
- Article 15(5) was introduced by The Constitution (Ninety-Third Amendment) Act, 2005.
- It is an enabling clause that empowers the state to make such provisions for the advancement of SC, ST, and Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) of citizens in relation to a specific subject.
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