Supreme Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Inclusion of 'Socialist' and 'Secular' in Preamble: "After 44 Years, These Terms Are Integral to the Constitution, Widely Accepted by the People and Reflected in Legislative and Policy Frameworks"

Supreme Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Inclusion of ‘Socialist’ and ‘Secular’ in Preamble: “After 44 Years, These Terms Are Integral to the Constitution, Widely Accepted by the People and Reflected in Legislative and Policy Frameworks”

Court’s Decision: The Supreme Court dismissed the writ petitions challenging the inclusion of "socialist" and "secular" in the Preamble of the Constitution through the Forty-second Amendment Act, 1976. The Court…