 bill no  155 of  2016 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2016 byshri rahul shewale, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1  this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2016short title2  in article 15 of the constitution, after clause (2), the following clause shall beinserted, namely:—amendment of article 155"(2a ) no citizen shall, on ground of sex, be denied access to any place of religious worshipexplanation— for the purpose of this clause, the expression 'place of religious worship' means a temple, mosque, gurudwara, church, monastery or any other place of public religious worship of any religious denomination or any section thereof, by whatever name called" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsof late, there has been a controversy that women are not allowed into sanctum sanctorum of many temples in the country the recent examples are sabarimala temple in the state of kerala and shani temple at shignapur in the state of maharashtra when women protested against such discriminatory practice, the past conventions and hereditary practices were mentioned as the reason for prohibiting them to enter the sanctum sanctorum of religious places when constitution came into effect, this ancient discriminatry practice should have specifically been done away with however, this was not done at that time the bill, therefore, seeks to amend the constitution with a view to provide that there shall be no discrimination on the ground of sex in the matter of access to religious places opened for general publichence this billnew delhi;rahul shewaleapril 18, 2016 annexure extract from the constitution of india   15 (1) the state shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them(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 (b) the use of wells, tanks, bathing ghats, roads and places of public resort maintained wholly or partly out of state funds or dedicated to the use of the general public     lok sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri rahul shewale, mp)gmgipmrnd—1043ls(s3)—02-07-2016