Secularism is one of the five constituents of the Constitution of India and has been held to be the only permissible religion in a pluralistic Indian Society in the case of:

In S.R. Bommai v. Union of India (1994), the Supreme Court held that secularism is a basic structure of the Constitution and the only permissible approach in a pluralistic society like India. While Kesavananda Bharati established the basic structure doctrine, and I.C. Golaknath dealt with property rights, it was Bommai that specifically articulated secularism as a fundamental constitutional principle.