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Article 1 (a) of the Constitution
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Article 1 (a) of the Constitution
India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States
Article 1 (c)
The territory of India shall comprise—the territories of the States ;the Union territories specified in the First Schedule; and such other territories as may be acquired
Article 2
Parliament may by law admit into the Union, or establish, new States on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.
Article 12
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, "the State" includes the Government and Parliament of India and the Government and the Legislature of each of the States and all local or other authorities within the territory of India or under the control of the Government of India.
article 13 (1)
All laws in force in the territory of India immediately before the commencement of this Constitution, in so far as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Part, shall, to the extent of such inconsistency, be void.
article 13(2)
The State shall not make any law which takes away or abridges the rights conferred by this Part and any law made in contravention of this clause shall, to the extent of the contravention, be void.
article 14
The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India
article 15 (1)
The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them
article 15(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 places 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.
article 19 (1) (a)
(1) All citizens shall have the right— (a) to freedom of speech and expression;
Article 19 (1) (g)All citizens shall have right (g) to practise any profession, or to carry on any occupation, trade or businessArticle 19 (1) (6)Nothing in sub-clause (g) of the said clause shall affect the operation of any existing law in so far as it imposes, or prevent the State from making any law imposing, in the interests of the general public, reasonable restrictions on the exercise of the right conferred by the said sub-clause, and, in particular, 2[nothing in the said sub-clause shall affect the operation of any existing law in so far as it relates to, or prevent the State from making any law relating to,— (i) the professional or technical qualifications necessary for practising any profession or carrying on any occupation, trade or business, or (ii) the carrying on by the State, or by a corporation owned or controlled by the State, of any trade, business, industry or service, whether to the exclusion, complete or partial, of citizens or otherwise].Article 20 (1)No person shall be convicted of any offence except for violation of a law in force at the time of the commission of the act charged as an offence, nor be subjected to a penalty greater than that which might have been inflicted under the law in force at the time of the commission of the offence.Article 29 (1)Any section of the citizens residing in the territory of India or any part thereof having a distinct language, script or culture of its own shall have the right to conserve the sameArticle 30 (1)All minorities, whether based on religion or language, shall have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.Article 29 (2)No citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution maintained by the State or receiving aid out of State funds on grounds only of religion, race, caste, language or any of them.