The Supreme Court of India has dismissed petitions challenging the 1976 amendment to the Constitution that added the terms 'socialist', 'secular', and 'integrity' to the Preamble. The court ruled that the inclusion of these terms, made through amendments, is valid and does not affect the original adoption of the Constitution in 1949.

The court said that the date of the adoption would not curtail government's power under Article 368 to amend the Constitution which is not under challenge.

Supreme Court upholds 'socialist, secular' in Constitution Preamble, allowing for retrospective amendments and welfare state principles.

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a clutch of petitions challenging the insertion of the words "Socialist" and "Secular" in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution.