Article 15(4)

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Article 15(4) is a constitutional provision in India that empowers the state to make special provisions for the advancement of socially and educationally backward classes, including Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, particularly in education and public employment.

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Article 15(4) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional provision ⓘ
provision of the Constitution of India ⓘ
aimsToAddress historical disadvantages of certain communities ⓘ
allows other special measures for advancement of backward classes ⓘ
reservation of seats in educational institutions ⓘ
appliesTo Scheduled Castes ⓘ
Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
socially and educationally backward classes of citizens ⓘ
beneficiaryCriterion educational backwardness ⓘ
social backwardness ⓘ
beneficiaryGroup Other Backward Classes (OBCs) ⓘ
bindingOn State Governments in India ⓘ
Union Government of India ⓘ
linked to: Union Government
constitutionalGoal social justice ⓘ
substantive equality ⓘ
constitutionalPart Part III of the Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutionalPosition exception to the general rule of non-discrimination in Article 15(1) ⓘ
empowers State to make special provisions for Scheduled Castes ⓘ
State to make special provisions for Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
State to make special provisions for advancement of socially and educationally backward classes ⓘ
fallsUnder Fundamental Rights ⓘ
inForce true ⓘ
interpretedInCase Indra Sawhney v. Union of India ⓘ
M.R. Balaji v. State of Mysore ⓘ
State of Madras v. Champakam Dorairajan ⓘ
T. Devadasan v. Union of India ⓘ
introducedByAmendment First Amendment to the Constitution of India ⓘ
jurisdiction India ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect creates an enabling provision for reservations ⓘ
permits special provisions that would otherwise be barred by Article 15(1) ⓘ
legalSystem Indian constitutional law ⓘ
locatedInDocument Constitution of India ⓘ
partOf Article 15 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
policyInstrumentFor reservation in admissions to educational institutions ⓘ
primaryDomain education ⓘ
public employment ⓘ
purpose advancement of Scheduled Castes ⓘ
advancement of Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
advancement of socially and educationally backward classes ⓘ
relatedTo Article 15(1) ⓘ
Article 16(4) ⓘ
reservation in educational institutions ⓘ
reservation in public services ⓘ
subjectMatter affirmative action ⓘ
equality and non-discrimination ⓘ
reservation policy ⓘ
typeOfProvision enabling provision ⓘ
yearIntroduced 1951 ⓘ

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