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Kantaru Rajeevaru vs Indian Young Lawyers Association Thr. Its General Secretary Ms. Bhakti Pasrija And Ors

Supreme Court Of India · Decided on 10 February 2020 · Citation: (2020) 3 Scale 423 : (2020) 3 SCC 52

HON’BLE JUDGES
S.A. Bobde, CJ · R. Banumathi, J · Ashok Bhusha, J · L. Nageswara Rao, J · Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, J · S. Abdul Nazeer, J · R. Subhash Reddy, J · B.R. Gavai, J · Surya Kant, J
ACTS & SECTIONS REFERRED
Constitution Of India, 1950 — Article 25, 25(2)(b), 26
CASE NUMBER
Review Petition (Civil) No. 3358, 3359, 3449, 3462, 3469, 3470, 3377, 3381, 3473, 3480 Of 2018, Miscellaneous Application No. 3113 Of 2018, 345 Of 2019 In Writ Petition (Civil) No. 373 Of 2006, 1305, 1323, 1339 Of 2018, 472 Of 2019
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The following issues are framed for consideration by this Court: -

1.

What is the scope and ambit of right to freedom of religion under Article 25 of the Constitution of India?

2.

What is the inter-play between the rights of persons under Article 25 of the Constitution of India and rights of religious denomination under Article

26 of the Constitution of India?

3.

Whether the rights of a religious denomination under Article 26 of the Constitution of India are subject to other provisions of Part III of the

Constitution of India apart from public order, morality and health?

4.

What is the scope and extent of the word ‘morality’ under Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution of India and whether it is meant to include

Constitutional morality?

5.

What is the scope and extent of judicial review with regard to a religious practice as referred to in Article 25 of the Constitution of India?

6.

What is the meaning of expression “Sections of Hindusâ€​ occurring in Article 25 (2) (b) of the Constitution of India?

7.

Whether a person not belonging to a religious denomination or religious group can question a practice of that religious denomination or religious

group by filing a PIL?