Legal Principle: Clause (1) of Article 15 of the Constitution of India prohibits the State from discriminating between citizens on the ground only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them.Factual Situation: The admission Rules of an Engineering College located in XYZ State of India provided that no capitation fee shall be charged from the residents of the XYZ State but the nonresidents shall be required to pay capitation fee. Whether the Rules are violative of Article 15 (1) of the Constitution? (AILET 2016)Decision:

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