Question:

Certain legal principles and specific factual situations are provided in each of the following questions. Apply the principles to the given facts and select the most appropriate answer.
LEGAL PRINCIPLE : Clause (1) of Article 15 of the Constitution of India prohibits the State from discriminating between citizens on the ground only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them.
FACTUAL SITUATION : The admission Rules of an Engineering College located in XYZ State of India provided that no capitation fee shall be charged from the residents of the XYZ state but non-residents shall be required to pay capitation fee. Whether the Rules are violative of Article 15 (1) of the Constitution ?
DECISION :

Updated On: Aug 5, 2024
  • Yes, because the Article 15 (1) prohibits discrimination between citizens on the ground only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them.
  • Yes, because the Article 15 (1) prohibits discrimination on the basis of place of birth which impliedly includes place of residence.
  • Yes, because Article 15 (1) prohibits discrimination between citizens on the ground only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth and the provision suffers from causus omissus and “place of residence” is inadvertently omitted.
  • No, because Article 15 (1) does not prohibit discrimination based on the place of residence.
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The Correct Option is D

Solution and Explanation

The correct option is (D): No, because Article 15 (1) does not prohibit discrimination based on the place of residence.
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