India, according to its constitution, is a "Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic." And a partridge in a pear tree.
Anybody who mistakes a "Socialist Democracy" for a democracy must've slept through civics class.
https://legislative.gov.in/constitution-of-india/
The words"Secular" and "Socialist" were introduced during the Emergency of 1975, by rushing it through a suspended "Parliament", when every opposition member was either arrested or forced underground. It was never a part of the original Constition of 1950.
Till now,no party has the parliamentary majority to change this, iirc needs 66.66% or 70% vote to change the constitution. The current governing party has made enough noises about removing the word "secular" which it absolutely detests. Socialism in India effectively means benefits to the miserably poor mostly in the form of free grain or subsidised medical care, a position very few here have a problem with.The Supreme Court is still packed with the old regimes favourites and it is not sensible to challenge it in court as yet. But if the BJP continues, bet on the words being dropped as being illegally added.