Deepak: denomination was preceded by a religious... ... Sabarimala Reference : Live Updates From Supreme Court 9-Judge Bench [Day 6]

Deepak: denomination was preceded by a religious association, which is why, in the debates, mylords would not find a specific discussion on what amounts to a denomination because the denomination is always meant to be understood as a collective expression on individual rights. therefore, every body of people, which comes together under common belief to establish an institution will be entitled to rights under article 26.

if article 26 would not have been there, what would have happened? it would have still been part of article 25(1), except that they decided to pull it out of article 25(1) and give it a separate chracter for one good reason but Part III can apply to article 25 but it can't apply to article 26. it is conspicuous in the absence of the language itself

therefore to ensure that collective rights or denominational rights are unfettered by the limitation of article 25(1), the bundle of rights under article 25(1) was plugged out and carved out as article 26.