Article 2 - Amendment of Article 15 - Constitution (93rd Amendment) Act, 2005

Amendment of Article 15 . 2. In Article 15 of the Constitution, after clause (4), the following clause shall be inserted , namely: (5) Nothing in this article or in sub-clause ( g ) of clause (1) of Article 19 shall prevent the State from making any special provision, by law, for the advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes in so far as such special provisions relate to their admission to educational institutions including private educational institutions, whether aided or unaided by the State, other than the minority educational institutions referred to in clause (1) of Article 30. . ***************** NOTES:- 1 . Shall come into force, w.e.f. 20th day of January 2006 vide S.O. 72(E), dated 20-1-2006