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(A) To secure the abolition of Untouchability and to create
the equality of citizenship, it is proposed that the following
fundamental right shall be made part of the Constitution of
India.
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT
“ All subjects of the State in India are equal before the law and
possess equal civic rights. Any existing U.S.A. Constitution enactment, regulation, order, custom or amendment XIV and Government interpretation of law by which any penalty, of Ireland Act 1920, disadvantage, disability is imposed upon
10 & 11 Geo. V. Ch.
67. Sec. 5 (2). or any discrimination is made against any subject of the State on account of
Untouchability shall, as from the day on which this Constitution
comes into operation, cease to have any effect in India.”
(B) To abolish the immunities and exemptions now enjoyed
by executive officers by virtue of Sections 110 This is so in all Constitutions. and 111 of the Government of India Act 1919 See Prof. Keith’s and their liability for executive action be made remarks in Cm.
207, p.56. co-extensive with what it is in the case of a European British Subject.
Condition No. 11 :
FREE ENJOYMENT OF EQUAL RIGHTS
It is no use the Depressed Classes to have a declaration
of equal rights. There can be no doubt that the Depressed
Classes will have to face the whole force of orthodox society
if they try to exercise the equal rights of citizenship. The
Depressed Classes therefore feel that if these declarations of
rights are not to be mere pious pronouncements, but are to
be realities of everyday life, then they should be protected
by adequate pains and penalties from interference in the
enjoyment of these declared rights.
(A) The Depressed Classes therefore propose that the
following sections should be added to Part XI of the Government
of India Act 1919, dealing with Offences, Procedure and
Penalties: —