⚖️ Constitution
Preamble of the Constitution
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The Preamble is the introductory statement to the Constitution that sets out its guiding purpose and principles.
- Keywords: It declares India to be a SOVEREIGN, SOCIALIST, SECULAR, and DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.
- Objectives: It aims to secure for all its citizens:
- JUSTICE: Social, economic, and political.
- LIBERTY: Of thought, expression, belief, faith, and worship.
- EQUALITY: Of status and of opportunity.
- FRATERNITY: Assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation.
- Amendment: It was amended once by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976, which added three new words: Socialist, Secular, and Integrity.
- Is it part of the Constitution? Yes, the Supreme Court in the Kesavananda Bharati case (1973) held that the Preamble is part of the Constitution and can be amended, subject to the basic structure doctrine.