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50 years of Emergency: As PM Modi talks about the 42nd Amendment and Constitution being violated, read why Ambedkar was against it

Jinit Jain -
With PM Modi weighing in on the 42nd Amendment, it is significant to highlight how Dr BR Ambedkar opposed to embedding rigid ideological labels like 'socialist' and 'secular' into the Constitution.
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Former CJI DY Chandrachud joins National Law University Delhi as distinguished professor, to collaborate in creation of dedicated Centre for Constitutional Studies

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National Law University (NLU) in Delhi on Thursday announced that former Chief Justice of India Justice DY Chandrachud has joined the university as a Distinguished Professor.
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Supreme Court prescribes time limit on Constitutional powers of the President and the Governor, here are four reasons why the verdict is problematic

OpIndia Staff -
By imposing time limits on presidents and governors, the Supreme Court of India has created some serious constitutional issues
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Syria: President Ahmad al-Sharaa, a former al-Qaeda leader, imposes Islamist rule in the country, signs temporary constitution

OpIndia Staff -
On 13th March, Syria's interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa signed a provisional constitution that placed the nation under Islamist governance
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Ambedkar statue vandalised by alleged SC man with a hammer, Dalit outfits call for bandh as BJP blames ruling AAP for failing law and...

OpIndia Staff -
The accused named Amandeep Singh who is from the SC community installed an extension ladder to climb atop of the statue.
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A Religious Tribunal is the need of the hour to resolve religious disputes: Read why the courts and the government need to think in...

Reena Singh -
Besides maintaining peace in society, the Tribunal will provide a centralised platform for the resolution of all religious disputes and will prevent social disturbance and violence.
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PM Modi slams Congress over emergency in Lok Sabha speech, says ‘this sin on the forehead of Congress can never be erased’

ANI -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed the Congress over the Emergency and said whenever democracy' is discussed, "this very sin" of Congress will be remembered.
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SC dismisses pleas challenging words ‘socialist,’ ‘secular’ in the preamble, upholds parliament’s incontrovertible authority to amend the constitution

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Socialist, secular and integrity were inserted into the Preamble during the emergency through the 42nd Amendment.
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Calling civil code ‘communal’ is not an insult to Ambedkar, it is an attack on appeasement from Nehru to Rahul Gandhi: Read why PM...

सुधीर गहलोत -
The Congress is against the UCC as it challenges its long-standing Muslim appeasement strategy to win elections.
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Modi government declares 25th June as Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas to remind people what happened when the Constitution was trampled over during the emergency

OpIndia Staff -
Government of India has declared 26th June as the Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas, which translates to ‘Constitution Murder Day’, to pay tribute to the victims of the emergency
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