This
manuscript has been written to draw the reader’s attention firstly towards the
legally ratified meaning of secularism in Bharat and then to its implementation
to different scenarios and walks of life by the Legislature as well as the
Judiciary of the day. There have been certain decisions of far reaching
implications, made by the aforementioned organs of the State
intervening/interfering with personal laws, religious practices, customs etc.
in the name of secularism and sailing over the tides of time. The questions
that loom large are about the depths of religious understanding of law makers and
judges with respect to the issues at hand, issue of being awed by western
culture in the name of change and modernity, and the correctness of the scales
of modernity and development in contrast to the 8000 years old Indian
civilization and the values cherished in it till date. However, at the end of
the day, it shall be the common citizen of Bharat who will have to live with
the short end of the stick. The author has tried and summarised the said issues
along with relevant case laws, statutes accompanied by his own humble sense of
law and religion, in the shining light of the Constitution of Bharat.
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