Discuss India as a secular state and compare with the secular principles of the US constitution.

Shows the Indian state actively regulating religious practice within Article 25's limits, a useful illustration of how Indian secularism engages with religion.

• Article 25 guarantees the right to profess, practise and propagate religion, subject to public order, morality and health.
• Chhattisgarh's 2026 law requires anyone wishing to convert to notify the District Magistrate in advance, with details made public and objections allowed within 30 days.
• In Rev. Stainislaus v. State of Madhya Pradesh (1977), the Supreme Court held that the right to propagate does not include a right to convert another person.