Has Constitution Made Untouchability a Punishable Offence?
The Constitution Clearly Directs the Government to Put an End to the Extreme Form of Social Discrimination, the Untouchability. .. . Hence, the Constitution...
The Constitution clearly directs the Government to put an end to the extreme form of social discrimination, the untouchability. ... Hence, the Constitution has made untouchability as a punishable offence.
Why was Constitution made untouchability a punishable Offence?
Answer: (i) The constitution mentions an extreme form of social discrimination, practice of untouchability and clearly directs the government to put end to it. (ii) The practice of untouchability has been forbidden in any form. ... So the constitution made untouchability a punishable offence.
Who made untouchability a punishable Offence?
The Parliament enacted the Untouchability (Offences) Act, 1955. In 1976, it was made more stringent and was renamed 'The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955. It defines 'Civil Right' as 'any right accruing to a person by reason of the abolition of untouchability by Article 17 of the Constitution.
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