Fundamental Rights
"Untouchability" is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden. The enforcement of any disability arising out of "Untouchability" shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law.
Untouchability - denying someone access to places, services, or basic dignity because of their caste - is completely abolished and illegal in every form. Practising it is a punishable criminal offence, given specific teeth through the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
Denying someone entry to a temple, well, or community event, or forcing separate seating or utensils based on caste, is untouchability under Article 17 and is prosecutable - victims can file a police complaint citing the Protection of Civil Rights Act or the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.