The level of Gender Neutrality in Indian Constitution

Best Citation – Ajitesh Kunder, The level of Gender Neutrality in Indian Constitution, 3 IJLR 103, 2022

Abstract

We have talked about gender difference for eras. If we say equality, it means that both men and women should be equal, but if we talk about the Indian Constitution, it is far from reality. It is true that women in India face lot of discrimination in various fields due to which special provisions have been made in the Indian Constitution, but unfortunately, many such provisions are highly biased towards the people of other gender identities apart from women of the country . Especially, men seem to be victims of the so-called women empowerment legislations. Section 377 has been scraped by the Hon’ble Supreme Court but still it is extremely painful to even think that the LGBTQ+ community are not being accepted in our society and even the Constitution of India is biased towards them in many aspects. All the above issues go against the goals of the Preamble and violates the basic Fundamental Rights of the citizens especially males and the third gender.

Key Words: Biased, LGBTQ+ Community, Women, Men, Reservation, Discrimination, Fundamental Rights, Constitution, Gender Neutrality.