IV. Right to Freedom of Religion (Article 25 to 28)

Article 25: Freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion.

Article 26: Freedom to manage religious affairs.

Article 27: Freedom as to payment of taxes for promotion of any particular religion.

Article 28: Freedom as to attendance at religious instruction or religious worship in certain education institutions.

• In Commissioner of Police vs. Acharya Jagadishwarananda Avadhuta, (2004) case, Supreme Court touched upon the freedom of religion with respect to Article 14, and held that - ‘If one religious denomination is allowed to carry on its religious practice but another religious denomination is restrained from carrying on religious practice and almost similar religious practices, the same makes out a clear case of discrimination in violation of the principles of Article 14 of the Constitution.’