SC junks pleas challenging words ‘socialist’, ‘secular’ in Preamble to Constitution

SC junks pleas challenging words ‘socialist’, ‘secular’ in Preamble to Constitution

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the pleas challenging the 1976 amendment to the Constitution adding terms “socialist”, “secular” and “integrity” to the Preamble. A bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar had on November 22 reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas filed by former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy, … Read more

Allegation of NCERT dropping Preamble to Constitution from textbooks baseless: Dharmendra Pradhan

Allegation of NCERT dropping Preamble to Constitution from textbooks baseless: Dharmendra Pradhan

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday dubbed the allegation that the Preamble to the Constitution has been removed from NCERT textbooks as baseless and alleged that the Congress is using the subject to pursue its “politics of lies”, which shows the opposition party’s disgusting mentality. Alleging that the Congress has always hated India’s development … Read more