Article 14 of the Indian Constitution states that
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 the Indian Constitution States that
15. 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.
Discrimination basically means treating someone inappropriate and in a partial manner, there are various International organizations which want to deal with the issue from the ground level, but facing a failure in completely terminate this horrible practice from the society
- United Nation High Commissioner for Human Right
- International Human Rights Commission
The government will recognize the particular groups of section, say women, now society will feel that it is the weaker section, so government recognized it and makes specific provisions for their protection, the sections which are not covered in the eyes of government to get protection will treat women as weak and partial section of the society and this is how the boost in discrimination issues arise every day.
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Daily life examples can be if women drives an OLA Cabs to earn daily bread, or she become the ticket collector in Trains, people will find it strange, and this how the discrimination in opportunities comes into picture, that what is the eligibilility of a male to get promotion and what of female, who is satisfying the seat is not the question or who is eligible whether male or female is question, and women are consider as weak and partial section of society so people will deal them accordingly and mistreat them, the reason of which the sex-ratio, the more suicidal attempts, domestic violence, rapes etc.
Bhraman were considered as the upper caste of the society and Shudra were considered as lower, dirty, untouchables section of the society, the discrimination of this type is deep rooted in India from the time immemorial. However, laws like ‘The Protection of Civil Rights Act’ and ‘Representation of Women Prohibition Act’ specifically pass for the requiring sections of society, also Anti Discrimination Laws were made to eliminate each type of discrimination.
Conclusion
In the following article, it is concluded, what the discrimination is and what types of discrimination prevails in society and what steps are at international and national level has been taken till date, also to make everyone equal, discrimination laws to made in such ways that it becomes anti-discrimantory.
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