Describing India as a religious nation from time immemorial, Chief Justice of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Pankaj Mithal mentioned that “socialist” and “secular” had been added to “sovereign, democratic, republic” already talked about within the preamble. Is. In 1976 the structure restricted the enormity of its religious picture.
Delivering the keynote deal with on ‘Religion and the Constitution of India: Interaction’ at a operate organized by the Advocates’ Council of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh right here, he mentioned India is able to caring for all its residents and has a socialist nature. From the Pandavas to the Mauryas, the Guptas, the Mughals and the British dominated it, however India was by no means outlined as a Muslim, Christian or Hindu nation on the premise of faith, because it was accepted as a religious nation. Was. “By adding the word ‘secular’, we have narrowed our enormity of the spiritual presence…,” he mentioned, including that “this may be called a narrow view”. Otherwise, India has been a religious nation since time immemorial and may have been named “Spiritual Republic of India”.
Referring to the amendments, he mentioned that it’s good to have amendments as they show to be useful, however these which aren’t within the nationwide curiosity, they’re of no use. “Sometimes, we bring amendments because of our stubbornness,” he mentioned. In this context, he referred to 2 amendments dropped at the Constitution in 1976 – one including Fundamental Duties in Chapter 14 and including ‘Socialist’ and ‘Secular’ within the Preamble. “Very good words, but we’ll have to see if these amendments were needed, or they have been added in the right place,” he mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
