“‘Ban on govt officials joining RSS was arbitrary and without material evidence’: Here’s what MP HC said while lamenting over the five-decade-old ban”, Opindia, July 26, 2024:
“In a major vindication for Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled on 25th July that Office Memorandums (OMs) passed by the Congress government in the years 1966, 1970 and 1980 to ban RSS was “arbitrary” and lacked any substantial material to conclude that the association of government employees with RSS should be banned for the sake of India’s communal fabric and secular character.
The Division Bench comprising Justices Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Gajendra Singh ruled that executive-framed official memorandums cannot prohibit RSS membership since they are not the law of the land under Article 13(3)(a).
“The moratorium on joining RSS must preferably be by way of the Conduct rules only and not through executive framed Official Memorandums, as it results in infringement of precious fundamental rights of not only the Central Government employees as the citizens of the country, but also members and office bearers of the organisation serving the country as part of RSS…..”
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