Supreme Court of India
P. BALAKOTAIAH v. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS(and connected appeals)
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the Security Rules are not illegal as being repugnant -to ,a Art. 14. (IIb).
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
The Services of the appellants who were Railway servants, were terminated for reasons of national security under S. 3 of the Railway Services (Safeguarding of National Security) Rules, 1949. Notices served on them under that section to show cause charged them as follows:- "Whereas in the opinion of the...... General Manager, you are reasonably suspected to be a member and office secretary of the . N. Rly., Workers’ Union (Communist sponsored) and were thickly associated with communists such as Om Prakash Mehta, .…
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