Q.Caste groups historically in scavenging forced to continue, denied other jobs/education for children. Which Fundamental Rights violated?
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →This situation violates the Right to Equality (caste-based discrimination and the effective
continuation of untouchability-linked treatment under Article 17) and, since the caste groups are
effectively forced to remain in a degrading occupation with no real alternative, it also touches
the Right against Exploitation (Articles 23-24) and the denial of equal educational/employment
opportunity under Articles 15-16.
A caste group that has historically been confined to manual scavenging, and is denied access to
other jobs and to education for their children, faces discrimination on the ground of caste, which
Article 15 specifically prohibits the state from permitting, and which is closely tied to the
practice and legacy of untouchability that Article 17 abolishes outright.
Beyond the equality dimension, being effectively compelled to continue in a degrading, hazardous
occupation because no other options are made available -- combined with the denial of the education
that would allow the next generation to move into different work -- has real overlap with the Right
against Exploitation (Articles 23-24), since the "choice" to remain in this work is not a genuine
free choice when every other avenue for employment and schooling is systematically blocked. …
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