survey or assessment or to levy any rate or tax for any secular common purpose of any village, town or district, or to make, authenti
regulating or restricting any economic, financial, political or other secular activity which maybe associated with religious practice; (b) providing for social welfare and reform ... well-being of others. Article 25 distinguishes between religious practices and secular activities associated with religious institutions. The state has the authority to regulate
Freedom. The Supreme Court decided that the post of Archaka is secular. The appointment of Archaka is not a religious practice
INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens: JUSTICE, social, economic ... Constitution; (a)for the words "SOVEREIGN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC" the words "SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC" and(b)for the words "unity of the Nation
belief or institution. The aim of Article 27 is to maintain a secular state where the government remains impartial towards all religions and does ... University by University Grants Commission is not religious teaching. This is a secular activity. So it does not fall under Article 27 of the Indian
they violate the fundamental postulates of equality,
justice, rule of law and secularism as enshrined in the
Constitution and that they violate the fundamental role ... consists of constitutional axioms like
constitutional supremacy, and democratic form of
government, secularism, separation of powers etc.
Respondents contend that Article
upon the trustee to
appoint a manager for the administration of the secular
affairs of the institution and in default of such
appointment, the Commissioner ... taken in its strict etymological sense as distinguished from
any kind of secular activity which may be connected in some
way with religion
only against a place of worship, but also at the principles of secularism, democracy and the rule of law enshrined in our Constitution ... give it away to the Hindus offending the basic feature of secularism; and that, therefore, we should decline to answer the Special Reference. The learned
under art. 30(1) would and must necessarily
involve recognition of the secular education imparted by the
minority institutions without which the right will ... liable to be struck down by the courts. Although the
words secular state are not expressly mentioned in the
Constitution, there can be no doubt
funds. This ensures that public educational institutions funded by the government remain secular and do not impart religious teachings. In educational institutions that ... institution. The purpose of Article 28 is to maintain the secular character of educational institutions funded by the state and to uphold the freedom