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Article 23 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000
Section 23 in The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 [Entire Act]
Section 45 in The Mines Act, 1952 [Entire Act]
Section 44 in The Juvenile Justice Act, 1986 [Entire Act]
Deena Alias Deen Dayal And Ors. vs Union Of India (Uoi) And Ors. on 23 September, 1983
Changes brought about under S.26 of the new
Act by additions, qualifying or restricting the
applicability of exploitation to 'hazardous'
employment with the addition 'keeping in bondage',
which was not there in S.44 of the Juvenile Justice
Act, 1986, definitely have some significance. The
aforesaid expressions newly added in the section, no
doubt, are the extension of the reflection and in fact
imbibing of the spirit of the principles enunciated
under Art.23 and Art.24 of the Constitution of India.
Art.23 prohibits traffic in human beings and forced
labour. Every form of forced labour, beggar or
otherwise, is within the inhibition of Art.23 of the
Constitution of India, with the sole exception in the
case of State imposing compulsory service for public
purposes. Otherwise in the case of the State exacting
compulsory labour for public purposes from the
citizen of the performance of his supreme and noble
duty of contributing to the defence of the rights and
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honour of the nation, all other forms of forced labour
comes within the sweep of inhibition under the above
Article. It makes no difference, whether the person
who is forced to give such labour or services is
remunerated or not. The Apex Court in Peoples Union
for Democratic Rights v. Union of India, 1982 KHC
495 : AIR 1982 SC 1473 : 1982 (3) SCC 235 : 1982
SCC (L&S) 275 : 1982 (2) LLJ 454 : 1982 Lab IC
1646has considered the scope and ambit of Art.23 in
detail, and it again came up for consideration in
Deena alias Deen Dayal and Others v. Union of India,
1983 KHC 544 : AIR 1983 SC 1155 : 1983 (4) SCC
645 : 1983 SCC (Cri) 879 : 1983 CriLJ 1602.
Whereas Art.23 prohibits all forms of forced labour,
Art.24 speaks of prohibition of employment of
children in factories, mines or in any hazardous
occupation. Similarly, provisions under Art.39(e) and