Supreme Court of India

Prafull Goradia v. Union of India

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Bench Markandey Ka Tju and Gyan Sudha Misra JJ.
Decided 28 January 2011

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What the Court ordered

Before parting with this case we would like to mention that India is a country of tremendous diversity, which is due to H 586 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2011) 1 S.C.R. A the fact that it is broadly a country of immigrants (like North America) as explained in detail by us jn Kai/as & Others vs.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Haj Committee Act, 2002 - Constitutional validity of - Challenge to - Writ petition - Plea of the petitioner that he is a Hindu but has to pay direct and indirect taxes, part of whose c proceeds go for the purpose of Haj pilgrimage, which is only done by Muslims - Held: Article 27 would be violated if a ' ' substantial part of the entire income taxi central excise! customs duties/sales tax or any other tax collected in India, were to be utilized for promotion or maintenance of any particular religion or religious denomination - It is nowhere mentioned in the writ petition as. to what…

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Of those, 1 referred to · 2 mentioned

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