CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Article 17. Abolition of Untouchability.-"Untouchability” is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden. The enforcement of any disability arising out of “Untouchability” shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law.

Detailed explanation-2: -Article 17 in The Constitution Of India 1949. 17. Abolition of Untouchability Untouchability is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden The enforcement of any disability arising out of Untouchability shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law.

Detailed explanation-3: -Article 17 abolishes untouchability and Article 18 abolishes titles.

Detailed explanation-4: -Part XVII is a compilation of laws pertaining to the constitution of India as a country and the union of states that it is made of. This part of the constitution consists of Articles on Official Language.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ingale Appa Balu (AIR-1993) The case involving Article 17 rights: – Untouchability was viewed by the Supreme Court as an indirect form of slavery and a continuation of the caste system. The state stood united and fell together as a caste system and untouchability, according to the court.