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J Nagarathna: on the touchstone of public order, morality and health, if a legislation is made under article 25(2)(b), you can't say that the right of the religious denomination will still prevail. Ultimately, it is subject to public order, morality and health. that could be the basis for social reforms.

Kaul: I completely agree. in fact, in the constituent assembly debates, the original article 20 which is now article 26 the words public order, morality and health was not there when the discussion came up. Dr Ambedkar said, yes, we are introducing them in article 26 and the state can regulate on these three grounds.