Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has struck down the Haryana government's June 10 ban on foreign travel by its employees till September this year, observing that a blanket prohibition on an entire class of citizens merely because they are in government service is manifestly arbitrary.
"The factual matrix of the present case is illustrative of a sledgehammer being used to crack a nut, which is impermissible in our constitutional jurisprudence," the High Court said, setting aside the restrictions imposed by the state government that were "grossly disproportionate to its alleged objective".
