6.15.3. Important Judgments

6.15.3.1. Jagadishwaranand case, 1984

The Supreme Court held that the Anand Margi practice of dancing with skulls is not essential to its religion and could be reasonably restricted. Similarly, cow slaughter is not considered essential to Islam on Bakrid Day. Thus, the state can regulate what constitutes the essential religious practices and what does not and outlaw the latter if it is anti-social.