Religion

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....reme being and usu. containing a moral or ethical code; esp. such a system recognised and practiced by a particular church, sect, or denomination. * In construing the protections under the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause, courts have interpreted the term religion quite broadly to include a wide variety of theistic and nontheistic beliefs. Religion is a very vide expression. With the virtue, as founded on reverence of God, is a system of Divine Faith and Worship as opposed to others. As observed in Tomlins Law Dictionary religion is a habit of reverence towards the Divine nature, whereby we are enabled and inclined to serve and worship after such a manner as have conceived most acceptable is called religion. Religion is ....

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.... by man for various reasons. K.S. VARGHESE AND ORS. VERSUS ST. PETER'S AND PAUL'S SYRIAN ORTH. AND ORS.- [2017 (7) TMI 1440 - SUPREME COURT] In A.S. Narayana Deekshitulu- [1996 (3) TMI 580 - SUPREME COURT], this Court considered the Concept Of Religion Under Article 25 of the Constitution of India. This Court considered the rituals of various types and made a distinction as follows: 39. Swami Vivekananda in his lecture on "Religion and Science" incorporated in "The Complete Works" (Vol. VI, Sixth Edition) had stated at page 81 thus: Experience is the only source of knowledge. In the word, religion is the only science where there is no surety, because it is not taught as a science of experience. This should not be. There is alw....

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....plead and in a manner of such directness and simplicity that every human being can approach the doors of the Eternal with equality and with equal access and thereby exercise greater freedom in his own life. It is essential that the value of law must be tested by its certainty in reiterating the Core of Religious Experience and if a law seeks to separate the non-essential from the essential so that the essential can have a greater focus of attention in those who believe in such an experience, the object of such a law cannot be described as unlawful but possibly somewhat visionary. This Court in A.S. Narayana Deekshitulu (supra) has also held that religion in Articles 25 and 26 has to be construed in its strict and etymological sense. Every ....

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....oach to construe the protection of religion or matters of religion or religious practices guaranteed by Articles 25 and 26 must be viewed with pragmatism since by the very nature of things, it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to define the expression religion or matters of religion or religious belief or practice. 90. In pluralistic society like India, as stated earlier, there are numerous religious groups who practise diverse forms of worship or practise religions, rituals, rites etc.; even among Hindus, different denominants and sects residing within the country or abroad profess different religious faiths, beliefs, practices. They seek to identify religion with what may in substance be mere facets of religion. It would,....