Constitution of India · Part III: Fundamental Rights · Right against Exploitation
Article 24: Prohibition of employment of children in factories, etc
In plain words
No child below fourteen years of age can be employed to work in a factory or mine, or engaged in any other hazardous employment.
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Official text
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.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the official text of the Constitution of India. As amended up to the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023. Text as on 10 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the article 24
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In Re: T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India and Others
(i) Whether the paver blocks should be permitted to be laid on the road between the Dasturi Naka to Shivaji Maharaj Statue, which is the main road that connects Matheran from Dasturi Railway Station to the last point…
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Vibhor Garg v. Neha
Issue arose whether the conversation between spouses secretly recorded by one of them could be permitted to be made admissible in evidence; whether in light of the Evidence Act and the Family Courts Act, 1984, a…
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State of U.P. & Ors v. M/S Lalta Prasad Vaish and Sons
The issues which arise for adjudication in this reference pertain to the scope of the power of the State Legislatures under Entry 8 and the meaning of the phrase “intoxicating liquor”. The question is whether…
- Commissioner of Police and Anr v. Ravina Yadav and Anr
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Dr. Balram Singh v. Union of India & Ors.
Implementation of the provisions of Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 and the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993.…
- Supriyo @ Supriya Chakraborty & Anr. v. Union
- Kaushal Kishor v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
- Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India
- Indian Young Lawyers Assn. v. State of Kerala 561 Indian Young Lawyers Association & Ors.V. the State of Kerala & Ors.
- Joseph Shine v. Union of India
- Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India & Ors.
- Balbhadra Parashar v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Re. Exploitation of Children in Orphanages in the State of Tamil Nadu v. Union of India & Ors.
- Bachpan Bachao Andolan v. Union of India & Others
- Childline India Foundation & Anr. v. Allan John Waters & Ors.
- Dr. K. Krishna Murthy & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr.
- Ajay Goswami v. Union of India and Ors.
- Vasu Dev Singh and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
- R.D. Upadhyay v. State of A.P. and Ors.
- Bombay Dyeing and Mfg. Co.Ltd. v. Bombay Environmental Action Group and Ors.
- St. Theresa'S Tender Loving Care Home and Ors. v. State of A.P.
- State of Haryana v. State of Punjab and Anr.
- State of Gujarat and Anr. v. Honble High Court of Gujarat
- Bandhua Mukti Morcha Etc. v. Union of India and Ors .
- M.C. Mehta v. State Of.Tamil Nadu
- Sheela Barse v. Secretary, Children Aid Society & Others
- Lakshmi Kant Pandey v. Union of India
- Labourers Working on Salal Hydro-Project v. State of Jammu & Kashmir and Others
- People'S Union for Democratic Rights and Others v. Union of India & Others
- Sukhdev Singh & Ors. v. Bhagatram Sardar Singh Raghuvanshi and Anr.
- His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala
- Union of India v. H. S. Dhillon
- State of West Bengal v. Union of India
- Basheshar Nath v. The Commissioner of Income-Tax, Delhi & Rajasthan & Another.