IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science (JHSS) ISSN: 2279-0837, ISBN: 2279-0845. Volume 3, Issue 3 (Sep-Oct. 2012), PP 05-10 www.iosrjournals.org www.iosrjournals.org 5 | Page Religious Pluralism in Globalised India: A Constitutional Perspective Dr. Pawan Kumar Assistant Professor-in-Law Faculty of Law B.P.S. Women University Sonepat, Haryana, India Abstract: Indian has recently emerged as one of the leading developing countries basically on strength its Constitutional protection to religious pluralism among its people. The paper focus how Indian civilization has played host to several migrant groups and communities from time to time and these groups as well as communities has been guaranteed fundamental rights in matters of religion. The religious pluralism has been fostered by various decisions of the Indian higher judiciary. Keywords: Constitutional Law, corporation, globalization, religious pluralism, secularism. I. Introduction This article intends to address religious pluralism as an academic and civil challenge in globalised corporate India from Indian Constitutional law perspective. The global movements of people as economic migrants and political refugees and the global movement of business and technology have created increasingly diverse and complex societies. The United States, Canada, and the nations of Europe are wrestling with new levels of religious diversity and cultural encounter. On the other hand since the middle of the second millennium B.C., Indian civilization has played host to several streams of migrant groups and communities from different part of the world. The advent of the Aryans, the Tibeto-Burman speaking Mongoloid groups, the Kushans, the Sakas, the Greeks, the Huns, the Arabs, the Persians, the Turks and the Mongols at different points of time testifies to the pervasiveness of the migration process during the successive periods of Indian History. It is no exaggeration to say that since ancient times India has represented a melting-pot of races, cultures, and religions. Whether this multi-pot of races, cultures and religions developed religious pluralism in India over a period of time and in particular Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic? “Religious Pluralism” is a contested concept across national, political, and disciplinary contexts. In theology the term often suggests harmony, convergence, or compatibility across religious traditions-in opposition to religious exclusivism. In Sociology, pluralism can refer to the diversity of different religious traditions within the same social or cultural space. According to Thomas Banchoff, religious pluralism refers to patterns of peaceful interaction among diverse religious actors-individuals and groups who identify with and act out of particular religious traditions. According to Herold Netland, the term “religious Pluralism” itself is, of course, ambiguous and can be used in either a descriptive or a normative sense. Descriptively, it refers to the undeniable fact of religious diversity-people do indeed embrace different religious perspectives. Normative sense is, an egalitarian and democratized perspective holding that there is a rough parity among religions concerning truth and stereological (Salvation) effectiveness. According to S.R. Bhatt religious pluralism leading to secularism stands for a complex interpretative process in which there is transcendence of religion and yet there is a unification of multiple religions. It forms a bridge between religions in a multi-religious society which enables each to cross over the barriers of their diversity. The term globalization covers a wide variety of elements. It can refer to the global spread of economic markets, to instantaneous communication across the planet, and the relocation and integration of diverse cultures outside their geographical origins. It is beyond doubt that science and technology has globalised the word in terms of communication and transportation including India. Since the 1990s it has been liberalizing and deregulating its economy. State controls have been gradually eliminated. As a consequence, the Indian economy has posted an annual growth rate of 6 to 8 per cent. In terms of economic markets, if we go by registration of companies in India, during the year 2009-10, 67817 companies were registered under the Companies Act, 1956. These include 61 Government companies with liability limited by shares, 67509 non-Government companies with liability limited by shares, 23 non-Government companies with unlimited liability and 224 Non-Government companies with liability limited by guarantee and associations not for profit. The authorised capital of 67570 companies with liability limited by shares registered during the year aggregated to Rs. 41,796.83 crore. Of the 67570 companies with liability limited by shares registered during the year, 2031 were public limited companies with an authorized capital of Rs.25960.49 crore and 65539 were private limited companies with an aggregate authorised capital of Rs.15836.34 crore.