FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION
The right to freedom of religion is a fundamental right
guaranteed under Article 25 of the Constitution of India. Article 25 reads as
follows:-
Article 25. (1). Subject to public order, morality and health and to the other
provisions of this Part, all persons are equally entitled to freedom of
conscience and the right freely to profess, practice and propagate religion.
Article 25. (2). Nothing in this article shall affect the operation of any
existing law or prevent the State from making any law: -
(a) Regulating or restricting any economic financial political or other secular
activity which may be associated with religious practice;
b) Providing for social welfare and reform or the throwing open of Hindu
religious institutions of a public character to all classes and sections of
Hindus.
This Article guarantees that every person in India shall have the freedom of
conscience and shall have the right to profess, practice and propagate religion,
subject to the restrictions that may be imposed by the State on the following
grounds, namely:-
(1) Public order, morality and health;
(2) Other provisions of the Constitution;
(3)Regulation of non-religious activity associated with religious practice;
(4) Social welfare and reform;
(5) Throwing open of Hindu religious institutions of a public character to all
classes of Hindus.
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