Right to education
Addresses free and compulsory education for children in the specified age group.
Official law source ↗Children · LEGAL ISSUE GUIDE
Right to Education / Child Rights
शिक्षा का अधिकार
Find constitutional provisions concerning education and child protection.
Understanding this legal issue
Find constitutional provisions concerning education and child protection.
Implementation of education and child-protection rights is also governed by detailed legislation and rules not included in this curated index.
Key question: What is the child’s age and what education-related right is in issue?
SELECTED PROVISIONS · NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST
Core constitutional rights
Prohibition of child labour in certain places
Addresses employment of children below fourteen in factories, mines and other hazardous employment.
Official law source ↗Prohibition of trafficking and forced labour
Prohibits trafficking in human beings and forced labour, subject to the text of the Article.
Official law source ↗Related rights
Equality before law
Addresses equality before the law and equal protection of laws.
Official law source ↗Prohibition of discrimination
Places limits on specified kinds of discrimination by the State; its scope includes express exceptions.
Official law source ↗Before relying on these references: Read the full official law, check sub-sections, schedules, exemptions, dates, special Acts, transition rules and current judicial interpretation. Mentioning a section here does not mean it applies to every fact pattern.