Supreme Court of India

Kameshwar Prasad and Others v. The State of Bihar and Another

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Reported as [1962] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 369

Bench S.K. Das, P.B. Gajendragadkar, A.K. Sarkar, K.N. Wanchoo and N. Rajagopala Ayyangar JJ.

Decided 22 February 1962

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Government Servant-Participation in strike.9 or demonstra• tions-Rule prohibiting strikes or demonstrations pertaining to conditions of service-Oondtutional validity of rule "Detnonstration". meaning of-Bihar Governm,ent Servants' Conduct Rules, 1956, r. 4- -Constitution of India, Art•. 19(1)(a), 19(1)(b), J.9(1) (c), 33, 309. By a notification dated August 16, 1957, the Government of Bihar introduced r. 4- into the Bihar Gevernment Servani:s' Conduct Rules, ! 956, which provided "No Govern ment servant shall partjcipate in any demonstration or resort to any form of strike in connection

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1957 P. Balakotaiah v. The Union of Indla and Others cited by 17

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2015 Shreya Singhal v. Union of India followed
2018 Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan v. The Union of India & Anr. referred to
2016 Sharat Babu Digumarti v. Govt. of Nct of Delhi referred to
2016 Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, Ministry of Law & Ors. referred to

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