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Article 17 of Indian Constitution
INTRODUCTION To Article 17 of Indian Constitution The Constitution of India, 1950 (COI) articulates in unequivocal words the eradication of the Untouchability. ARTICLE 17 of the COI deals with the abolition of untouchability. ARTICLE 17: Abolition of Untouchability. -"Untouchability" is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden. The enforcement of any disability arising out of "Untouchability" shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law. • The right under ARTICLE 17 is available against private individuals and it is the constitutional obligation of the State to take necessary action to ensure that this right is not violated. Also Read : ARTICLE 16 of the Constitution of India ■ The subject matter of ARTICLE 17 is not untouchability in its literal or grammatical sense but the 'practice as it had developed historically in the country'. It refers to the social disabilities imposed on certain classes of persons by reason of their birth...