Aruna Roy v.

Union of India
In this landmark case, the supreme court held that secularism as under the
Indian constitution should be understood with a positive meaning that is
developing, understanding, and respect towards different religions. In this case,
the New education policy, 2002 that provides for value-based education to
school children based on basis of all religions, was questioned. It was alleged
that the same policy is violative of Article 28 of the Indian Constitution, and is
thus anti-secular. And focusing on the positive meaning of secularism, the court
held that it is not compulsory that the idea of secularism could be implemented
only by way of neutral approach but can also be followed by way of making one
section of a religious group understand and respect religion and faith of another
section of people. And thus, the court in its judgment upheld the validity of the
New education policy, 2002.