Article 16: Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment (1) There shall be equality of opportunity for all citizens in matters relating to

Article 13: Laws inconsistent with or in derogation of the fundamental rights (1) All laws in force in the territory of India immediately before the

Article 14: Equality before law The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of

Article 11: Parliament to regulate the right of citizenship by law Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Part shall derogate from the power of

Article 12: Definitions In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, “the State’’ includes the Government and Parliament of India and the Government

Article 9: Persons voluntarily acquiring citizenship of a foreign State not to be citizens No person shall be a citizen of India by virtue of article 5, or be

Article 10: Continuance of the rights of citizenship Every person who is or is deemed to be a citizen of India under any of the foregoing provisions of this

Article 7: Rights of citizenship of certain migrants to Pakistan Notwithstanding anything in articles 5 and 6, a person who has after the first day of March,

Article 8: Rights of citizenship of certain persons of Indian origin residing outside India Notwithstanding anything in article 5, any person who or either of

Article 5: Citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution At the commencement of this Constitution, every person who has his domicile in the territory of