Madras High Court, Principal Bench
Madras High Court, Principal Bench

Madras High Court refuses relief to IRS officer who expressed support for Sri Lankan Tamils

B Balamurugan, an Assistant Commissioner of GST & Central Excise, had gone a hunger strike in February 2009, and had also written to the then Congress president criticising the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord.

The Madras High Court recently dismissed a plea filed by an officer of the Indian Revenue Services (IRS) challenging disciplinary action initiated against him after he publicly expressed support for Sri Lankan Tamils through a hunger strike and criticised the Indian government's policies on the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord [B Balamurugan v The Secretary].

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