OUR TOPIC IS

Right to equality....

WHAT IS THE MEANING WHAT IS THE MEANING

OF RIGHTSOF RIGHTS Rights literally

mean those freedoms which are essential for personal good as well as the good of the community.

THE RIGHTS OF AN INDIAN

The six fundamental rights are:-

• Right to equality• Right to freedom• Right against

exploitation• Right to freedom of

religion • Cultural and

educational rights • Right to constitutional

remedies

Right To Right To FreedomFreedom

RIGHT AGAINST

EXPLIOTATION

THE RIGHT TOFREEDOM OF

RELIGION

CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL

RIGHTS

Right To Right To ConstitutionalConstitutional

RemediesRemedies

Right To Right To EqualityEquality

RULE OF LAW o The laws apply in the same manner to all regardless of a

person’s status this is called rule of law.o  The rule of law respects us as equals. It allows us to

organize our lives, plan our futures, and resolve disputes in a rational way.

o It means that no person is above the law,there is no distinction between a political leader , government official and an ordinary citizen.

o Every citizen , from the prime minister to a small farmer in a remote village , is subjected to the same laws .

o No person can legally claim any special treatment or privilage just because he/she happens to be an important person.

Implications of right Implications of right to equalityto equality

The government shall discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion.

Every citizen shall have access to public places like shops,restaurants,hotels and cinema halls.

There shall be no restriction with regard to the use of wells,tanks,bathing ghats,roads,and places of public resorts maintained by govt or dedicated to the use of general public.

But traditional caste system didnot allow people from some communities to acess all public places.

Equality of job opportunities.Equality doesnot mean giving everyone the same

treatment , no matter what they need .Equality means giving everyone an equal opportunity

to achieve whatever one is capable of .All citizens have equality of opportunity in matters

relating to employment /appointment to any position in the government.

No citizen shall be discriminated against or made ineligible for employment on the grounds mentioned above .

The govt has provided reservations for SC and ST and OBC.

But this does not violate the right to equality.

Untouchability (Extreme Form Of Social Untouchability (Extreme Form Of Social DiscriminationDiscrimination)

The constitution mentions one extreme form of social discrimination, the practice of untouchability and clearly directs the govt to put an end to it.

Untouchability is forbidden in any form. Untouchability here doesnot mean refusal to touch people

belonging to certain castes. Instead it refers to any belief or social practice which looks

down on people on account of there birth with certain caste labels .

These type of practice denies them to interact with others or acess to public places as equal citizens.

Our constitution has made untouchability a punishable offense.

Forms Of Untouchability

In 1999, P.sainath wrote a series of news reports in The Hindu describing untouchability and caste discrimination that was still practiced against dalits and people belonging to SC . He travelled to various parts of the country and found that in many places:-

tea stalls kept to kinds of cups , one for dalits one for others; Barbers refused to serve dalit clients; Dalit students were made sit separately in the classroom or drink water from

separate picher ; dalit grooms were not allowed to ride a horse in the wedding procession ;

and Dalits were not allowed to use common hand pump or if they did , the hand

pump was washed to purify it.

all these fall under the category of untouchability.

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