Gopal: article 14 is the very antithesis of... ... Sabarimala Reference : Live Updates From Supreme Court 9-Judge Bench [Day 16]

Gopal: article 14 is the very antithesis of arbitrariness, but its quite distinct from the personal freedom under article 25.

article 25(1) is wide expansive sphere of individual freedom- there are stages of belief and disbelief, withdrawal of disbelief etc., simultaneously, you can move from other teacher to another. all this is protected under article 25(1) and therefore, we have to treat conscience independently.

in article 25(1) why is the collective not there? everybody said its the repository of individual and collective and article 26 is merely an enlongation of article 25(1).

an interpretation by which fullness by which a right is upheld is more preferred than which dimnishes a right. if the words of the constitition is clear, there is no scope to apply the theory of implied limitation.

the nature of individual freedom under article 25(1) is not the same as denominational freedom under article 26.