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Untouchability, an attitude or feeling by Hindus of high caste to those of low caste or to non-Hindus, Webster Random House Dictionary, p. 1598.

Untouchability, in India it was abolished by a Constitutional provision under the fundamental rights. The Practice of untouchability in any form is forbidden, Constitution of India, Art. 17.

Untouchability, is a social disability imposed on certain classes of people by reason of their birth in certain castes, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. 1, p. 450.

Untouchability, the subject matter of the article is not untouchability in the literal or grammatical sense but practices as it has developed historically in India, Jai Singh v. Union of India, AIR 1993 Raj 177 (181). (Constitution of India, Art. 17)