Right to Freedom of religion
Art 25: P3 -Profess,Practice,Propagate
- Conscience – inner freedom
- Profess -declare openly
- Practice – rituals and use signs
- Propagate – spread but not force
- Opinion & belief – no state interference
- Conduct & practice – state can
Art 26: Religious denomination
- Est. institutions for religion and charity
- Manage its affairs
- Right to property
- Administer its property
- State can take over with compensation
Art 27: Taxation for religion
- No collecting tax to promote religion
- Fees is ok to provide service like safety
- State is neither religious nor irreligious nor anti religious but is non religious
- Sarva Dharma Sambhav
- Equidistant from all religion
- West – don’t patronize
- India – patronize without discrimination
Art 28: Religious instruction
- Religious instruction in schools
- State wholly owned – strictly no
- State administered but est. by religious denomination – permitted
- State recognized – optional
- State sponsored – optional
