Right to Equality an Illusion for Leprosy affected Persons : A Study

Leprosy has been known to the people since ages and from that period till now medicinal science has grown broadly however the evil convictions identified with this infection are as yet pervasive in the general public. Such wrong convictions are most unmistakably found in South-Asian nations and India is on the top among them with regards to separation of people affected by leprosy. Decades have gone since the treatment and technique for averting its coherence of sickness was found yet at the same time this ailment is accepted to be hopeless and transmittable by a huge area of the general public. In spite of the fact that The Constitution of India gurantees right to equality to the residents of the nation however on account of sickness influenced individual this crucial right appears to stand disregarded an extraordinary dimension. Aside from the evil attitude of the general population of the general public there are various laws which cause separation with the people affected by leprosy and damages their essential ideal to equity and appropriate to individual life and freedom as well. In this regard this paper tries to study the condition of the leprosy affected persons in India and the discriminatory provisions of different statues which violate the rights of the leprosy affected persons.