A CRITICAL REVIEW OF LITERATURE OF CHILD LAW WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO RIGHTS OF CHILD

*Dr. Charu Satish Bhatt, Dr. Umakant Sudhakar Chaudhari and Dr. Ankush Dattatraya Khedkar

ABSTRACT

India recognizes and acknowledges children as equals to their adult counterparts and deems them worthy of the nation's protection and shelter. Children too are given the basic/fundamental rights of citizenship along with the adults through the Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of State Policy. These rights encompass the following: Right to equality (Article 14), Right against discrimination (Article 15), Right to personal liberty and due process of law (Article 21), Right to being protected from being trafficked and forced into bonded labour (Article 23), Right of weaker sections of the people to be protected from social injustice and all forms of exploitation (Article 46).

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