Teaching UGC NET Mock Test Series 2025 (Paper 1 & 2) Law Constitutional and Administrative Law Constitution Law
The word 'secular' recognises the concept of secularism as manifested in the guarantee of freedom of religion as a fundamental right in the Constitution of India. Thus, secularism was as much part of the Constitution even before the word 'secular' was inserted in the preamble.
The aforementioned interpretation has been made by the Supreme Court in -
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R.C. Poudyal vs VOI, AIR 1993 SC 1804
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S.R. Bommai vs VOI, (1994) 3 SCCI
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Kehar Singh vs VOI, AIR 1989 SC 653
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Charan Lal Sahu vs VOI, AIR 1990 SC 1480