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A petition calling for the words “socialism” and “secularism” to be removed from the preamble of the Indian constitution has suffered a setback. During the hearing, the Supreme Court made strong comments on the petition seeking removal of the two words from the Constitution and extended the hearing date. Justice Sanjeev Khanna asked lawyer Vishnu Shankar Jain – Don’t you want India to continue to be a secular country?
The words “socialism” and “secularism” have different interpretations today, the Supreme Court said in its speech during the hearing. Even our courts have repeatedly declared these to be part of basic infrastructure. Following this comment, the court extended the hearing of the case to November 18.
Plaintiff Swamy argued in court
In the petition filed in the Supreme Court, it was said that adding these words in the preamble was beyond the constitutional amending powers conferred on Parliament by Article 368. During the hearing, petitioner Subramanian Swamy said the changes in the preamble of the constitution were against the spirit of the original constitution. Swamy asked the court to state his arguments in detail. The court later extended the trial date.
Why are you asking to delete these words?
Former Lok Sabha member Subramanian Swamy and lawyer Vishnu Shankar Jain have demanded that words like socialism and secularism be deleted from the preamble of the constitution. During the last hearing, Justice Sanjeev Khanna and Justice Dipankar Dutta discussed the matter. Justice Dipankar Dutta had said that the original forms of these two words did not exist when the Constitution was adopted.
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