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Subject: Polity
Topic: Preamble
WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN, SOCIALIST, SECULAR, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its Citizens:
JUSTICE, social, economic and political; LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship; EQUALITY of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation; IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.
The Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act 1976 introduced the words — socialist, secular and integrity- into the Preamble. A committee under the chairmanship of Sardar Swaran Singh recommended that this amendment be enacted.
1 : “Preamble is a Microcosm of the Constitution and is a key to the Constitution”. Discuss the statement with various Supreme Court Judgments?
Preamble contains the essence of the Constitution- its values and goals. It is a microcosm of the Constitution and has the following significance
- It categorically says that people of the country are sovereign
- It has the ‘basic features’ of the Constitution
- If there is any lack of clarity in the Constitution, the judiciary turns to the Preamble in its interpretation of the relevant provisions