Article 15: truth or fiction?

ABSTRACT

Article 15 of the Indian Constitution states that, “The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them; 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”