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equal protection clause

Matched in: Term equal protection clause

or more disabilities as defined in clause (i) of s. 2 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996) means a combination of two or more disabilities

compel

or law [cannot the defendant to testify] [the result…is compelled by, the original understanding of the fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause "R. H. Bork"]

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illegitimate

rights under intestate successions as legitimate children; statutes limiting their inheritance rights have been found to violate the equal protection clause. 2 : not valid according to law illegitimate n

jury

of a particular class (as on the basis of gender, race, or ancestry) from a jury violates the equal protection clause and the defendant's right to a jury trial. A defendant is not, however, entitled to a jury of

scrutiny

study or inquiry ;specif : judicial investigation of the constitutionality of a statutory classification of persons under the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution see also intermediate, strict scrutiny compare rational basis test

One person, one vote rule

One person, one vote rule, means the principal that the Equal Protection Clause requires legislative voting districts to have about the same population, Reynolds v. Sims, 377 US 533: 84 S

Equal protection

Matched in: Term Equal protection

Appropriate government

of the State Co-ordination Committee and the State Executive Committee, the State Government. [Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996), s. 2 (a)] Means--(i) the Central Government, in … the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution: Provided that in relation to the State of Jammu and Kashmir, these clauses shall have effect subject to the modification that-(a) in sub-clause (i) thereof, or the words and figures 'List

Employer

(ii) in relation to an establishment, the Chief Executive Officer of that establishment. [Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996), s. 2 (j)(i)(ii)] Means: (i) in relation to … of individuals, whether incorporated or not, but excluding any fund or trust or institution eligible for exemption under clause (23C) of section 10 or registered under section 12AA; (iv) a local authority; and (v) every artificial judicial

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