All posts tagged: Preamble

Could Preamble have been amended without altering Constitution’s adoption date? | Latest News India

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine whether the words “socialist” and “secular” could have been inserted in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution in 1976 even though the date of the adoption of the Constitution remained unaltered — November 26, 1949. The top court was hearing a pair of petitions that have sought deletion of words “secular” and “socialist” from the Preamble (ANI) Hearing a pair of petitions that have sought deletion of words “secular” and “socialist” from the Preamble, a bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta clarified that the court did not mean to say that Preamble cannot be amended at all, but the question arose if it could have been tweaked when the date of adoption of the Constitution was a part of the Preamble too. Experience Delhi’s rich history through a series of heritage walks with HT! Participate Now “Just consider this…Can the Preamble be changed while keeping the other date intact? This is perhaps the only Preamble we have seen that comes with a date. On so …

Amidst Ram Mandir ceremony, Parvathy Thiruvothu shares Preamble of Indian Constitution, comment section flooded with ‘Jai Shri Ram’ | Malayalam News

Many leading celebrities from across India are reaching Ayodhya for the inauguration of the Ram temple. From Ram Charan to Rajinikanth to Rakshit Shetty, many stars from the South have reached Ayodhya. Meanwhile, Malayalam star Parvathy Thiruvothu shared a picture of the Preamble of the Indian Constitution with the words ‘Sovereign socialist secular democratic republic’ in bold. This led to several people criticizing the actress, and the comments section was flooded with ‘Jai Shri Ram.’ Parvathy later muted the comments section. While the frenzy around the temple inauguration is felt across social media, a section has also criticized that the state-sponsored celebration of the event, claiming it is against the spirit of secular values of the country. Parvathy’s post is perceived as one such comment at the festivities. Only recently, the state government of Kerala revised the school textbooks and included the Preamble to the Indian Constitution. The objective behind this move by the Left Government led by the CPI(M) is to instill constitutional values in the minds of young learners. With the consecration ceremony …