New Delhi, Oct 21 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday posted the matter to November 18 on the BJP leader and former Union Minister Subramanian Swamy’s plea seeking deletion of the terms "socialist" and "secular" from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.
A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar was hearing the plea, which challenges the 42nd Amendment Act of the Constitution, which added the terms "socialist" and "secular" to describe India in the Preamble.
The plea also challenges provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which require political parties to give an undertaking to uphold secularism to register.