Which provision of the Constitution of India expressly protects equality before the law, an idea associated with A. V. Dicey's account of the rule of law?
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Which provision of the Constitution of India expressly protects equality before the law, an idea associated with A. V. Dicey's account of the rule of law?
Article 12 of the Constitution of India
Article 13 of the Constitution of India
Article 14 of the Constitution of India
Article 21 of the Constitution of India
Answer and explanation
Article 14 expressly protects equality before the law and equal protection of the laws. Its equality-before-law guarantee reflects the aspect of the rule of law that Dicey described as equal subjection to ordinary law.
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