Supreme Court evaluates 'Socialist, Secular, Integrity' inclusions in 1976 Amendment following Petition by Ashwini Upadhyay.
Read Full ArticleJustice Abhay S Oka, a sitting judge in the Supreme Court urges that instead of performing ‘puja’ or lighting lamps in events of the judiciary, we need to bow down to the Preamble.
SC debates amending Preamble to remove 'socialist' and 'secular,' added in 1976, citing the unchanged adoption date of 1949 in a plea by Swamy.
Why there is a debate over the words “Socialist” and “Secular”, which were added in the Preamble of the Constitution of India during the Emergency period in India? Read this whole report to know why people argue that these words are unconstitutional.