UPSC Express

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