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Right to Equality

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Right to Equality

Published: 26 January 1950
Source: Constitution of India, Government of India
Last amended: 2019
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Article 14 guarantees equality before the law and equal protection of the laws to all persons within the territory of India.

The Right to Equality is enshrined in Articles 14-18 of the Indian Constitution. It includes equality before the law, prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth, equality of opportunity in matters of public employment, abolition of untouchability and abolition of titles.