Art 15: religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth
Art 16: religion, race, caste, sex, descent, place of birth, residence
Reservation
First Backward Classes Commission: 1953, Kaka Kalelkar
Second BCC: 1979, B P Mandal (by Morarji Desai govt)
Article 340
Reasonable Restrictions
Speech and Expression: sovereignty and integrity of India, security of the state, friendly relations with foreign states, public order, decency or morality, contempt of court, defamation and incitement to an offence
Assembly: sovereignty and integrity of India and public order
Association: sovereignty and integrity of India, public order and morality
Movement: interest of general public and the protection of interests of any scheduled tribe
Residence: interest of general public and the protection of interests of any scheduled tribe
Profession: in the interest of the general public
Protection against self-incrimination does not extend to civil proceedings
Protection provided under normal detention in Art 22 not covers arrest under the orders of a court, civil arrest, arrest on failure to pay the income tax and deportation of an alien