The Court held that the petitioners were within their rights to propagate their own religion and to profess it in any manner they please, more so, when it is within their own private property.
Litigants should not get the impression that they can't get quality legal services because they can't afford substantial fees charged by lawyers, the Court said.
A bench led by Justice Mahesh Sonak held that the Goa government violated the right to life and dignity and also the human right of the woman, who worked for 26 years.