 bill no vi of  2011 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2011 a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-second  year of  the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2011short title and commencement(2)  it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint52 in article 15 of the constitution,—amendment of article 15(i) for sub-clause (a) of clause (2), the following shall be substituted, namely:—"(a) access to shops, public restaurants, hotels, places of public entertainment and worship; or" (ii) after clause (5), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—"(6) nothing in this article shall prevent the state from making any special provisions for prohibition of discriminations against scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and  backward  classes of citizens in respect of right to gaining entry to places of public worships, and to perform duties as priests:provided that due knowledge, training and practice shall be acquired by the person willing to perform the duties as priests in the sanctum sanctorum of places of worship5 statement  of  objects  and  reasonsarticle 15 of the constitution provides right to equality in respect of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth and article 25 provides right to freedom of religion despite our constitution mandates on the principle of equality of treatment in different spheres it is seen that the under-privileged and deprived classes of the society are being discriminated in respect of gaining access to public places of worship in the country and are being still considered as socially and religiously outcaste and untouchableit is only fair and just that when a large number of citizens falls under the socially, economically and educationally backwardness and suffer from multiple discrimination, the constitution should offer protection against any such discrimination the amendment in article 15 of the constitution proposed to remove discrimination against all citizens especially the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes persons in respect of gaining access to places of public worships, and also to perform duties as priests after having acquired the due knowledge, training to perform such duties the bill seeks to achieve the above objectiveshence  this billtarun  vijay annexure extract from the  constitution of  india15  (1)                                                            (2) no citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them, be subject to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to—prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth(a) access to shops, public restaurants, hotels and places of public entertainment;or  rajya  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri tarun vijay, mp)gmgipmrnd—980rs(s3)—05-08-2011