Article 15(5)

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Article 15(5) is a constitutional provision of India that empowers the state to make special laws for the advancement and reservation of seats in educational institutions for socially and educationally backward classes, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes.

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Article 15(5) canonical 1

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instanceOf constitutional provision ⓘ
provision of the Constitution of India ⓘ
aimsTo promote educational advancement of Scheduled Castes ⓘ
promote educational advancement of Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
promote educational advancement of socially and educationally backward classes ⓘ
allows reservation of seats in educational institutions including private educational institutions ⓘ
appliesTo Scheduled Castes ⓘ
Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
socially and educationally backward classes ⓘ
authorizes State to make law for reservation in admissions ⓘ
basisFor reservation for Other Backward Classes in central educational institutions ⓘ
cameIntoForce 2006 ⓘ
connectedWith policies for inclusive education ⓘ
constitutionalAmendmentNumber 93rd Amendment ⓘ
constitutionalStatus in force ⓘ
derogationFrom formal equality principle under Article 15(1) ⓘ
doesNotMandate compulsory reservation ⓘ
empowers State to make special provisions for advancement of Scheduled Castes ⓘ
State to make special provisions for advancement of Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
State to make special provisions for advancement of socially and educationally backward classes ⓘ
State to make special provisions for reservation of seats in educational institutions ⓘ
enables reservation in admissions to educational institutions receiving aid from the State ⓘ
reservation in admissions to educational institutions run by the State ⓘ
reservation in admissions to private unaided non-minority educational institutions ⓘ
exceptionTo general prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth ⓘ
excludes minority educational institutions under Article 30(1) ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of India ⓘ
introducedBy Constitution (Ninety-Third Amendment) Act, 2005 ⓘ
jurisdiction India ⓘ
justifiedAs measure for substantive equality ⓘ
legalSystem Indian constitutional law ⓘ
locatedIn Chapter on Fundamental Rights ⓘ
Part III of the Constitution of India ⓘ
partOf Article 15 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
policyObjective increase access to higher education for disadvantaged groups ⓘ
relatedTo Article 15(4) of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 29 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 30 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
reservation policy in India ⓘ
scope educational institutions including aided and unaided non-minority institutions ⓘ
subjectMatter affirmative action ⓘ
reservation in educational institutions ⓘ
special provisions for disadvantaged groups ⓘ
textLanguage English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
typeOfRight enabling provision ⓘ
upheldIn Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India ⓘ
yearOfIntroduction 2005 ⓘ

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