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A textile mill in Surat forces workers from a debt-bonded community to work without wages to repay an ancestral loan. Which Constitutional provision most directly prohibits this practice?

Article 23 most directly prohibits it. It is a Fundamental Right forbidding traffic in human beings, begar and other forms of forced labour, which covers bonded labour. The Directive Principles in Articles 41 and 43 are only guiding and not enforceable in court.

  1. AArticle 23, prohibiting traffic in human beings and forced labourCorrect
  2. BArticle 19(1)(c), freedom to form associations
  3. CArticle 43, living wage for workers
  4. DArticle 41, right to work within economic capacity

Explanation

Article 23 is a Fundamental Right that bans traffic in human beings, begar and other forced labour, including bonded labour. Articles 41 and 43 are Directive Principles and are not directly enforceable. Article 19(1)(c) concerns forming unions, not forced work.

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