JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying this Court to issue a writ of certiorarified mandamus calling for the records from the respondent’s letter No.Na.Ka. No.31/2014 dated 6.3.2014 relating to refuse to register the adoption deed executed by the petitioner and Ruckmaniammal, W/o Palanisamy, who is residing at No.85, Block No.6, Chinniampalayam Village, Nichampalayam Panchayat, Kuthami (Post), Perunthurai Taluk, Erode District, quash the same, consequently to direct the respondent to register the adoption deed executed between the petitioner and Ruckmaniammal, W/o Palanisamy, who is residing at No.85, Block No.6, Chinniampalayam Village, Nichampalayam Panchayat, Kuthami (Post), Perunthurai Taluk, Erode District.)

1. Religion is a mask worn by humans to attain eternal peace by treading the path propounded in the sacred texts. Just as the saying goes “All the roads leads to Rome”, likewise, “All the religions leads to eternal salvation”. Professing of religion is a matter purely within the domain of an individual and there can be no law which can force any individual to profess only the religion in which he/she was born.

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