31.
Similarly, in Brij Bhushan & Anr. v. State of Delhi, [1950]
S.C.R. 605, an order made under Section 7 of the East Punjab
Public Safety Act, 1949, was held to be unconstitutional and
void for the self-same reason.
32.
As an aftermath of these judgments, the Constitution First
Amendment added the words “public order” to Article 19(2).
33.
In Superintendent, Central Prison, Fatehgarh v. Ram
Manohar Lohia, [1960] 2 S.C.R. 821, this Court held that
public order is synonymous with public safety and tranquility; it
is the absence of disorder involving breaches of local
significance in contradistinction to national upheavals, such as
revolution, civil strife, war, affecting the security of the State.
This definition was further refined in Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia v.
State of Bihar & Ors., [1966] 1 S.C.R. 709, where this Court
held:
“It will thus appear that just as "public order" in the
rulings of this Court (earlier cited) was said to
comprehend disorders of less gravity than those
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