The Supreme Court Of India directed the hearing of a petition filed by Dr. Subramaniyam Swamy to delete the words secular and socialist to delete from the Preamble.
The Supreme Court will be hearing a plea filed by BJP leader Subramaniam Swamy seeking to delete 'secular' and 'socialist' words from the Preamble of the Constitution.
Now the hearing on the same will be conducted on 29 April, ruled a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Dutta. - Supreme Court To Hear In April Subramanian Swamy s Plea To Delete Secular Socialist From Preamble
New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday questioned whether the Preamble of the Constitution could be amended while keeping the date of adoption, November 26, 1949 intact.
Opposing Swamy’s plea, Member of Rajya Sabha and the Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Binoy Viswam in his impleadment application has told the top court that both 'secularism and socialism' are inherent to the basic features of the Constitution.