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SC’s views on religious conversions
SC’s views on religious conversions Part of : GS Prelims and GS – II – Fundamental Rights In news The SC said that people are free to choose their religion and it lashed out at a petition claiming there is mass religious conversion happening “by hook or by crook” across the cou ntry. Key takeaways It said that people have a right under the Constitution to profess, practise and propagate religion. Article 25: It grants Fundamental right to freely profess, practise and propagate religion, subject to public order, morality and health. Every person is the final judge of his/her choice of religion or who their life partner should be. Courts cannot sit in judgment of a person’s choice of religion or life partner. Religious faith is a part of the fundamental right to privacy. The Constitution Bench judgment had earlier upheld inviolability of the right to privacy, equating it with the rights to life, of dignity and liberty.
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