{"id":112978,"date":"2021-06-16T16:47:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T11:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=112978"},"modified":"2021-06-17T15:40:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T10:10:53","slug":"difference-between-equality-before-law-and-equal-protection-of-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/difference-between-equality-before-law-and-equal-protection-of-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Difference between Equality before law and Equal protection of law"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Introduction<\/h5>\n<p>Provisions related to Fundamental Rights (FRs) are enshrined in Part III of our Constitution from Article 12 till Article 35. We have six Fundamental Rights in totality i.e. from Article 12 \u2013 Article 32, namely<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Right to equality (Articles 14\u201318)<\/li>\n<li>Right to freedom (Articles 19\u201322)<\/li>\n<li>Right against exploitation (Articles 23\u201324)<\/li>\n<li>Right to freedom of religion (Articles 25\u201328)<\/li>\n<li>Cultural and educational rights (Articles 29\u201330)<\/li>\n<li>Right to constitutional remedies (Article 32)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5>Right to equality<\/h5>\n<p>Article 14 says that the state shall not deny to any person equality before law or equal protection of laws within the territory of India.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This right is guaranteed to both citizens and foreigners.<\/li>\n<li>Right to equality consists of two parts:\n<ol>\n<li>Equality before law<\/li>\n<li>Equal protection of laws<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Differences between Equality before law and Equal protection of law<\/h5>\n<p>In this table below we shall discuss about the differences between Equality before law and Equal protection of law.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h5><strong>Equality before law\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h5><strong>Equal protection of law<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1. Concept is of\u00a0<strong>British origin<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1. Concept borrowed from\u00a0<strong>American Constitution<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2. It states that no person (whether rich, poor, high or low) is above law<\/td>\n<td>2. It states that the like should be treated alike without any discrimination.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3.<strong>\u00a0Absence of any special privileges<\/strong>\u00a0in favor of any person.<\/td>\n<td>3.\u00a0<strong>E<\/strong><strong>quality of treatment under equal circumstances<\/strong>\u00a0(both in privileges conferred and liabilities imposed by the laws. Thus, it implies that govt can take affirmative action (reservation) in favor of weaker sections of society.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4.<strong>\u00a0Equal subjection<\/strong>\u00a0of all persons to the ordinary law of the land administered by ordinary law courts<\/td>\n<td>4.<strong>\u00a0Similar application<\/strong>\u00a0of the same laws to all persons who are similarly situated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5. It is a\u00a0<strong>negative concept<\/strong>\u00a0as it\u00a0<strong>restricts state<\/strong>\u00a0from engaging in any arbitrary discrimination between individuals.<\/td>\n<td>5. It is a\u00a0<strong>positive concept<\/strong>\u00a0as it puts a\u00a0<strong>positive obligation<\/strong>\u00a0on the state to prevent the violation of rights.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Despite the existence of differences between the concepts of equality before law and equal protection of laws, both of them aim at establishing equality of legal status, opportunity and justice.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an image that summarizes what we have discussed above in a clear manner.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_112772\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112772\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-112772\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Copy-of-State-1.png?resize=717%2C478&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Copy-of-State-1.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Copy-of-State-1.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Copy-of-State-1.png?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Copy-of-State-1.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" alt=\"Image describes difference between equality before law and equal protection of laws\" width=\"717\" height=\"478\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Equality before law vs Equal protection of law<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We hope that now you won\u2019t confuse between these two equally important concepts under Right to Equality.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Also Read:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/7-pm-editorial-does-india-have-a-culture-of-rule-of-law-2nd-july-2020\/\">Does India have a culture of rule of law?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 95.8788%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/difference-between-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Other articles in the difference between series<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Provisions related to Fundamental Rights (FRs) are enshrined in Part III of our Constitution from Article 12 till Article 35. We have six Fundamental Rights in totality i.e. from Article 12 \u2013 Article 32, namely Right to equality (Articles 14\u201318) Right to freedom (Articles 19\u201322) Right against exploitation (Articles 23\u201324) Right to freedom of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/difference-between-equality-before-law-and-equal-protection-of-law\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Difference between Equality before law and Equal protection of law<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-112978","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}