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What are the provisions for constitutional protection of right to freedom of religion and how far have they succeeded in promoting secularism in India?

  • UPSC 2014
  • 15 marks
  • Salient Features of the Indian Constitution

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Freedom of religion in India is not a lone clause but a code spread across Part III and beyond, framed after Partition to reassure minorities and to let the state reform caste-bound practice. Gary Jacobsohn (The Wheel of Law, 2003) calls the result ameliorative secularism: a state that protects faith yet intervenes in it for…

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  • How Far They Have Promoted Secularism
  • Conclusion
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