Constitution of India, 1949
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.