Through the ruling lately delivered by the Supreme Court in Ramesh Baghel v. State of Chhattisgarh, a rather gloomy picture has been painted of India’s unfinished territory of secularism, especially regarding religious freedom. Burial rights, an aspect of constitutional equality and fundamental human necessity, were at stake in Ramesh Baghel. What ensued, however, was to be a saga of religious exclusion, bureaucratic obstinacy, and judicial restraint.