Title:
The Idea of Secularism and the Supreme Court of India
Authors:
Alam, A.
Editor:
Suransky, C.
,
Klooster, H. van 't
,
Seela, U.
Place:
The Hague [etc.]
Publisher:
Hivos [etc.]
Year:
2010
Series Title:
Pluralism Working Paper
Serial number:
5
PAGE:
25
ISSN:
1879-7172
Language:
eng
Subject:
Culture, Society and Religion
Keywords:
religion
,
law
,
minorities
,
communities
Abstract:
In this paper the author proposes to present a perspective on the role of the Supreme Court of India in upholding the ideal of secularism while balancing the interests of a deeply plural society like India. The author will try to cover, very broadly, three areas; one concerning community based rights or minority rights and how in recent years the Court has tended to give priority to individual rights and freedom over community based rights; two how the Court has perceived secularism and how in some of its later decisions it has tended to take a mono-culturist rather than a pluralist view of secularism and third, how the Court has tried to regulate the State’s intervention in religious affairs and in the process has itself assumed a highly interventionist role.
Organization:
Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation (HIVOS)
,
Kosmopolis Institute (University for Humanistics) (UvH)
,
The Center for Religious and Cross-Cultural Studies at the Graduate School, Gadjah Mada University (CRCS UGM)
,
Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS)
,
Cross Cultural Foundation of Uganda (CCFU)
Country:
India
Region:
South Asia
Category:
Research
Right:
© 2010 Hivos [etc.]
Document type:
Report
File:
183512.pdf