In effect, the call for the removal of ‘Secular’ and ‘Socialist’ from the Preamble is against the constitutional mandate. Any attempt in that direction would lead to constitutional erosion.
Closer look at landmark judgments cited by CJI Khanna in his speech on occasion of Supreme Court completing 75 yrs, and how these rulings moulded Indian jurisprudence over the years.
Kesavananda Bharati judgment postulated the basic structure doctrine. It held that certain fundamental features of the Constitution, such as democracy, can’t be amended by Parliament.
In 1973, after a petition was filed by Kesavananda Bharati, Supreme Court ruled that Parliament cannot alter the 'basic structure' of the Constitution.
The Minerva Mills case was as important as the Kesavananda Bharati case. And fighting it was Nani Palkhivala, India’s foremost constitutional litigator.
Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
A very serious step towards majoritarianism. Coupled with exercises such as SIR can be used to invisibilize swathes of population and retain age-old discriminatory practices such as caste and untouchability.
I hope the Central Govt sees sense and desists from this terrible exercise.
A very serious step towards majoritarianism. Coupled with exercises such as SIR can be used to invisibilize swathes of population and retain age-old discriminatory practices such as caste and untouchability.
I hope the Central Govt sees sense and desists from this terrible exercise.