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Bandh, the distinction drawn between a 'Bandh' and a call for general strike or 'Hartal' is well made out with reference to the effect of a 'Bandh' on the fundamental rights of other citizens. There cannot be any doubt that the fundamental rights of the people as a whole cannot be subservient to the claim of fundamental right of an individual or only a section of the people. It is on the basis of this distinction it can be concluded that there cannot be any right to call or enforce a 'Bandh' which interferes with the exercise of the fundamental freedoms of other citizens, in addition to causing national loss in many ways, Communist Party of India(M) v. Bharat Kumar, AIR 1998 SC 184: (1998) 1 SCC 201. (Constitution of India, Art. 19)