In an open letter to the Supreme Court, the former servicemen and women, under the banner of the Constitutional Conduct Group, have raised categorical objections to the decision, calling upon the top court to reverse it.
In a letter to the attorney general, the Constitutional Conduct Group said it is deeply disturbing to see the "patently discriminatory treatment" meted out to Nupur Sharma and Mohammed Zubair.
The problem is no longer just ‘excesses’ of the police and the administration at the local level but that rule of law and due process are "being turned upside down", said the Constitutional Conduct Group.
IN the run-up to the 75th anniversary of Independence in August that is being celebrated as ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ (nectar-filled grand celebration of freedom), an anguished letter (April 26) from 108 retired civil servants who have held the highest office, addressed to Prime Minister