case of temples classified under Section 6(c) , the
payment to secular staff should be gradually minimised so as to ensure that
the expenditure ... mentioned therein."
Thus, the recommendation as to gradual reduction of the secular staff
employed in the aforesaid institutions is a welcome suggestion. The
Government
Deputy Collector appointed by the Government as the Custodian for managing the secular affairs of Sri Swamy Hathiramji mutt including administration of its properties ... Endowments Department will be continued to look after all the secular affairs and other administrative matters pertaining to the mutt. The said appointment as interim
religious freedom which must be envisaged in the context of a secular State. It is not every aspect of religion that has been safeguarded ... constitute religion as understood in the Constitution. A religion may have many secular activities, it may have secular aspects, but these secular activities and aspects
regulating or restricting any economic, financial, political or other secular activity which mav be associated with religious practice:
(b) providing for social welfare and reform ... said religion as an essential or integral part; otherwise even purely secular practices which are not an essential Or integral part of religion
Appellants is that: (i) Under the Deed of Trust of 1884, secular
powers have been given to the trustees as custodians of the funds ... community; (v) The administration of a religious trust is a
secular activity. The Trust Deed alone controls the powers and
duties of the trustees
whatsoever under the colour of the exercise of administrative powers by the secular authorities. The Archakas not only office-holders but also have a personal ... section cannot be struck down. The section as it is, refers to secular and/or religious matters concerning religion and as far as secular matters
minority educational institution status for it. The institution so established imparts purely secular education. It has no programme or course promoting the language ... State regulating or restricting any economic, financial political or other secular activity associated with religious practice. This right is further subject to the other provisions
Whether any institution or endowment is wholly or partly of a secular or
religious character and whether any property is given wholly or partly ... secular or religious usage; or
(g) Whether any property or money has been given for the support of an
institution or endowment which is partly
political factions came together and formed a
Municipal Party by name Secular Democratic Front.
The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee authorized
Shri Sandeep Sahare ... National Congress has been scored and in hand
writing, the name of Secular Democratic Front has been
written on it. He has also invited
usefully extracted as follows:
"13.This is a free, democratic and secular country. In our country
people of all religions, castes and communities ... shall not be declared
as a Hindu State, but shall be a secular State. This was indeed a very
difficult thing to do at that
