NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday said India has always been a secular country even if framers Structure didn’t think it was appropriate to insert the word ‘secular’ in Preamble.
The preamble to the Constitution, which entered into force on January 26, 1950 with India becoming a republic, stated initially: “We, the peoples of India, have solemnly decided to build build India into a sovereign democratic republic…”.
During the Emergency, the Indira Gandhi government passed the 42nd Amendment to the Constitution which inserted the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ in the Preamble to make India a “people’s republic”. sovereign socialist secularism”.
When the senior supporter Huzefa Ahmadi cites the Preamble and Article 51A (again added by the 42nd amendment) to argue for the constitutional duty to secularism and to promote fraternity among different communities, a bench of judges Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia said, “Even without the word ‘secular’ in the Prologue, we were a secular nation.”
“By inserting the word ‘secular’ in the Prologue, we did not become secular,” said the bench. Ahmadi argues that if some part creates a situation of law and order because a Muslim woman wears a headscarf to an educational institution, the problem lies with the bullies and with the way the woman dresses. female.
As a secular welfare state, any government’s priority would be to promote education for Muslim women rather than enforcing a ban on headscarves to violate their right to education, he said.
The preamble to the Constitution, which entered into force on January 26, 1950 with India becoming a republic, stated initially: “We, the peoples of India, have solemnly decided to build build India into a sovereign democratic republic…”.
During the Emergency, the Indira Gandhi government passed the 42nd Amendment to the Constitution which inserted the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ in the Preamble to make India a “people’s republic”. sovereign socialist secularism”.
When the senior supporter Huzefa Ahmadi cites the Preamble and Article 51A (again added by the 42nd amendment) to argue for the constitutional duty to secularism and to promote fraternity among different communities, a bench of judges Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia said, “Even without the word ‘secular’ in the Prologue, we were a secular nation.”
“By inserting the word ‘secular’ in the Prologue, we did not become secular,” said the bench. Ahmadi argues that if some part creates a situation of law and order because a Muslim woman wears a headscarf to an educational institution, the problem lies with the bullies and with the way the woman dresses. female.
As a secular welfare state, any government’s priority would be to promote education for Muslim women rather than enforcing a ban on headscarves to violate their right to education, he said.
