Article 24 of the Constitution prohibits the employment of children below the age of fourteen years in:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. Article 24 reads: 'No child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment.'
2. The prohibition is framed in terms of hazardous employment, factories and mines; it does not cover all employment.
3. Statutory follow-up: the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (now Child and Adolescent Labour Act after the 2016 amendment).
4. M. C. Mehta v. State of Tamil Nadu, (1996) 6 SCC 756 (Sivakasi case) gave further guidelines.
_Source: Constitution of India (Bare Act, updated to 105th Amendment Act 2021), Govt. of India Legislative Dept., Article 24_
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