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

Protects freedom of conscience and religious profession, practice, and propagation, subject to public order, morality, health, and other constitutional provisions.

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What it means

Plain-language explanation

Where you notice it

Daily civic life

How it protects you

Citizen protection

What to remember

Exam and recall pointers

What it means

Simple explanation

Article 25 protects individual religious freedom, but it is not absolute.

Practical daily-life use

Where citizens notice it

  • Relevant to worship, religious practice, and personal conscience.
  • Helps understand limits based on public order, morality, health, and social reform.

How it protects you

Citizen protection context

  • Protects personal conscience and religious practice.
  • Allows the State to regulate secular activities connected with religion and pursue social reform.

Example situations

General civic examples

  • A person wants to practise a faith peacefully.
  • A religious practice is regulated for health or public order reasons.

Citizen note

Learning note

Religious freedom cases can involve detailed fact-specific balancing by courts.

Exam pointers

What to remember

  • Article 25 protects individual religious freedom.
  • It is subject to public order, morality, health, and other Fundamental Rights provisions.

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Art. 26: Freedom to manage religious affairsArt. 27: Freedom as to payment of taxes for promotion of any particular religionArt. 28: Freedom as to attendance at religious instruction or worship in certain educational institutions

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Verification basis

Last reviewed against official sources: 2026-05-20.