Scope of Article 23
Meaning of "begar" Duty of State when violation of Arts. 17,
23 and 24 is complained.
HEADNOTE:
Petitioner ... against the State but it prohibits "traffic in
human beings and begar and other similar forms of forced
labour" practised by anyone else
sought to be contended that denial of salary amounts to begar and forced labour on the assumption that the petitioners may have worked ... human beings and forced labour.-- (1) Traffic in human beings and begar and other similar forms of forced labour are prohibited and any contravention
human beings and
forced labour-
(1) Traffic in human beings and begar and
other similar forms of forced labour are
prohibited and 483 any contravention ... against the State but it prohibits "traffic in
human beings and begar and other similar forms of
forced labour" practiced by anyone else
human beings and forced labour.
(1) Traffic in human beings and begar and other similar forms of forced labour are prohibited and any contravention ... larger amplitude than 'slave trade' and they also interdicted "begar and other similar forms of forced labour." The question is what
traffic in human beings.
(c) the form of forced labour knows as begar.
(d) any form of involuntary servitude except as a
punishment for crime ... Traffic in human beings and
(b) forced labour in any form including begar, and
involuntary servitude except as a punishment for
crime whereof the party
human beings and forced
labour
(1) Traffic in human beings and begar and other
similar forms of forced labour are prohibited and
any contravention ... judgment, the court construed the expression "traffic in
human beings and begar and other similar forms of forced labour" in
Article
done.
16. Article 23 of the Constitution of India prohibits ''Begar', which reads as under:
"23. Prohibition of traffic in human ... beings and forced labour.
(1) Traffic in human beings and begar and other similar forms of forced labour are prohibited and any contravention of this
respondents in appointing petitioner on a fixed salary were guilty of taking begar or forced labour from him. So far the first question is concerned ... against exploitation. It is extracted below :
23. (1) Traffic in humanbeings and begar and other similar forms of forced labour are prohibited and any contravention
human beings and forced labour.--(1) Traffic in human beings and begar and other similar forms of forced labour are prohibited and any contravention ... against the State but it prohibits "traffic in human being and begar and other similar forms of forced labour" practised by anyone else
human beings and forced labour.--(1) Traffic in human beings and begar and other similar forms of forced labour are prohibited and any contravention ... against the State but it prohibits "traffic in human being and begar and other similar forms of forced labour" practised by anyone else
