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‘Choice of faith protected’: Calcutta High Court sets aside premature retirement of bank officer amid discrimination claim

The Indian Express·Somya Panwar·21 days ago
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Calcutta High Court news: Coming to the relief of a bank employee who claimed that caste-based discrimination forced him to convert from Hinduism to Islam, the Calcutta High Court recently held that the right to practise and change one’s religion is protected under Article 25 of the Constitution, and no adverse administrative action can be taken based on a person’s faith. Justice Ananya Bandyopadhyay was hearing the plea of the man, who had served for more than 30 years at the United Bank of India ( Punjab National Bank at present), claiming that after converting to Islam, he became a victim of targeted harassment, inviting retaliatory measures cloaked as administrative action. “Equally fundamental is the guarantee under Article 25 , which secures to every individual the freedom of conscience and the right to profess, practise and propagate religion.…

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