The full text of the historic judgment delivered by the Bangladesh Supreme Court banning religious parties and upholding secularism in that country is here.
Bangladesh Supreme Court bans religious parties
Further reading
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So what about India? Are the political parties using a loophole in the law to continue hindu, muslim parties or is there no such ban on communal parties in Indian constitution?