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In In re Berubari Union (1960), the Supreme Court described the Preamble to the Constitution as 'a key…

In Berubari the Court said the Preamble "is not a part of the Constitution and has never been regarded as the source of any substantive power". Its view that the Preamble is…

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In In re Berubari Union (1960), the Supreme Court described the Preamble to the Constitution as 'a key to open the mind of the makers'. On the same occasion it also said that the Preamble:

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In Berubari the Court said the Preamble "is not a part of the Constitution and has never been regarded as the source of any substantive power". Its view that the Preamble is not a part of the Constitution was later held wrong in Kesavananda Bharati, but the point that it is not a source of substantive power was not disturbed.

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