Introduction
The Right against Exploitation is enshrined in Articles 23 and 24 of the Indian Constitution. These are important Fundamental Rights that guarantee every citizen protection from any kind of forced labour.
Article 23 and 24 provides fundamental right against exploitation. The exploitation of lower castes by upper caste, practices like Sati Pratha, Devadasi system, forced prostitution, human trafficking, employing children in hazardous industries are some of the very common incidences of exploitation in India.
Through Article 23 and 24, the constitution of India expressly mentions its commitment to save humans being from the scourge of exploitation.
Task
you are visited a cracker factory in Tamil Nadu. There you could see a lot of children working there. Some children had burning marks on their body.
Is it right the children working a place like this? why?
is child labour possible in India?
Evaluation
How does the Right Against exploitation protect the citizen?
Conclusion
Several Fundamental Rights have been guaranteed under Part III of the Indian Constitution. One of those is right against exploitation. This Fundamental Right is provided under Articles 23 and 24 of Part III of the Constitution, whereby it protects the citizens as well as non-citizens from being exploited in any manner.
Most fundamental rights function as a restriction on the authority of the State and impose on the State negative duties not to interfere with individual liberties. However, there are certain fundamental rights applicable to the world, in particular, Articles 17, 23 and 24. The application against the State of Article 23 is not limited, but as such it strikes everywhere it is encountered and the sweeping effects of Article 23 are thus vast and indefinite.