jennifer
01-09-2008, 04:43 AM
NEW DELHI:-
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a suggestion in a PIL which had sought deletion of the word “socialist” from the Constitution. The word “socialist” was added through the 42nd Amendment to the Constitution.
A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, Justice R V Raveendran and Justice J M Panchal said, “Why do you (petitioner) take socialism in a narrow sense defined by (the) Communists. In broader sense, it means welfare measures for the citizens. It is a facet of democracy.”
The court was hearing a PIL seeking direction to delete the word “socialist” from the Preamble to the Constitution on the ground that it was originally not there, and addition of the word amounted to re-writing of it...Read...
(http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/PoliticsNation/Look_at_socialism_in_broader_perspective_Supreme_C ourt/articleshow/2684742.cms)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a suggestion in a PIL which had sought deletion of the word “socialist” from the Constitution. The word “socialist” was added through the 42nd Amendment to the Constitution.
A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, Justice R V Raveendran and Justice J M Panchal said, “Why do you (petitioner) take socialism in a narrow sense defined by (the) Communists. In broader sense, it means welfare measures for the citizens. It is a facet of democracy.”
The court was hearing a PIL seeking direction to delete the word “socialist” from the Preamble to the Constitution on the ground that it was originally not there, and addition of the word amounted to re-writing of it...Read...
(http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/PoliticsNation/Look_at_socialism_in_broader_perspective_Supreme_C ourt/articleshow/2684742.cms)