RIGHT TO PROTEST FOR LAWYERS: FROM HARISH UPPAL (EX-CAPT.) V. UNION OF INDIA CASE
Harish Uppal, the petitioner, was a former army officer. During the 1971 Liberation War, he was stationed in Bangladesh. Due to suspicions of embezzlement and other irregularities, he was court-martialled and subsequently jailed in 1972. He was given a two-year prison sentence and was fired from the army. He attempted to have the case reviewed in court, but it was denied.