Supreme Court Upholds 'Socialist' And 'Secular' In Preamble

The Supreme Court on November 25th upheld the inclusion of the words 'socialist' and 'secular' in the Preamble through the 42nd Constitutional Amendment in 1976.

A Bench led by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar noted the petitions were filed 44 years later in 2020, making the motives questionable.

The court emphasized that the 1976 amendment underwent extensive judicial scrutiny, noting a 1980 Constitution Bench ruling that declared the insertions vital.