New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected petitions challenging the 1976 amendment to the Constitution, which added the words "socialist," "secular," and "integrity" to the Preamble.

A bench led by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar had reserved its judgement on November 22, following appeals by former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy, advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, and others, who contested the inclusion of "socialist" and "secular" in the Preamble. The CJI remarked that the petitions did not warrant a detailed hearing.

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"The two expressions 'socialist' and 'secular' were made in 1976 through amendments and the fact that the Constitution was adopted in 1949 does not make any difference... the retrospectivity arguments if accepted will apply to all amendments," noted the CJI.

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