2020 INSC 0120
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

Kantaru Rajeevaru

   Vs.

Indian Young Lawyers Association

WP(Civil)No.373 of 2006

(S.A.Bobde,CJI., R.Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan,JJ., L.Nageswara Rao and Mohan M.
  Shantanagoudar,JJ., S.Abdul Nazeer and R.Subhash Reddy,JJ., B.R.Gavai and Surya
                                                Kant,JJ.,)

   10.02.2020

   ORDER

1. We have heard the parties at length. For reasons to follow, we hold that this Court can
refer questions of law to a larger bench in a Review Petition.

   ORDER

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 Hindus" 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

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question a practice of that religious denomination or religious group by filing a PIL?

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