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A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court that sought the deletion and re-motion of two terms namely 'Secular' and 'Socialist' from the Preamble of our Indian Constitution. This plea has been filed by two Advocates namely Balram Singh and Karunesh Kumar Shukla and one social worker Pravesh Kumar. Before discussing the various aspects of the petition and analyzing the same, several questions have been aroused that needs attention. Whether socialist and secular are just political thoughts? Whether being secular is in contradiction with the republican nature of the Indian Constitution? Whether secular is a mark of modernity? Whether being secular refused the recognition of religious sentiments of people? Whether the socialistic and democratic state of India is antithetical to Republic Bharat? Recently, the petition filed in Supreme Court challenged the inclusion of two terms in the Indian Constitution which were inserted by way of 42nd Constitutional Amendment in 1976 ...

RELIGION VERSUS FAITH INDIAN SECULARISM: A COMPENDIUM OUTLOOK ON RELIGION & FAITH INTRODUCTION TO INDIA’S SECULAR APPROACH- We are well versed with the very fact that our India is well known for its richness in cultural, religious and linguistic spectrum. However, by way of 42 nd Amendment in 1950, India was declared as the secular state [herein referred to as ‘India’] that signifies the freedom guaranteed to Indian citizens to practice any religion. But on the other hand, this freedom is subject to public morality, social reform and health as well. For instance, the practice of ‘Sati’ cannot be followed in name of freedom of religion. Despite of clear inclusion of ‘secularism’ into the Indian Constitution, there is no wall of separation between religion and state. The only rationale behind incorporation of ‘secularism’ was to treat all the religious persuasion equally. India’s concept of secularism has been interpreted and established by various judicial pronouncements....