Question

is India a secular country,and if it is, then to what extent?


(not for textbook answer, for a opinion)​

Answer 1

Explanation:

With the [Forty-second Amendment of the Constitution of India] enacted in 1976,[1] the Preamble to the Constitution asserted that India is a secular nation.[2][3] However, the Supreme Court of India in S. R. Bommai v. Union of India established the fact that India was secular since the formation of the republic.[4] The judgement established that there is separation of state and religion. It stated "In matters of State, religion has no place. And if the Constitution requires the State to be secular in thought and action, the same requirement attaches to political parties as well. The Constitution does not recognize, it does not permit, mixing religion and State power. That is the constitutional injunction. None can say otherwise so long as this Constitution governs this country. Politics and religion cannot be mixed.