Equality before Law and Equal Protection before Law

Equality before Law
1. Absence of any privileges in favour any person
2. Equal subjection of all persons to the ordinary law of the land administered by the ordinary law court
3. No person is above the law
4. Rule of Law
  1. Absence of arbitrary power, that is, no man can be punished except for the breach of law
  2. The primacy of the rights of the individual
    Annotations:
    - The constitution is the result of the rights of the individual as defined and enforced by the courts of law rather than the constitution being the source of the individual rights. This is not true in case of India. In India constitution is the source of individual rights.
Equal protection before law
1. The equality of treatment under equal circumstances, both in privileges conferred and liabilities imposed by the laws
2. The similar application of the same laws to all the persons who are similarly situated
3. The like should be treated alike without any discrimination

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	Created by Somprakash Shukla over 4 years ago