New Delhi, June 1 -- The armed forces comprise of personnel of allreligions and castes, they are "united by their uniform" and undivided by their religion, the Delhi High Court made this comment recently while upholding the termination of a Christian Indian Army Officer who refused to participate in religious parades.

The termination order makes it clear that officer, Samuel Kamalesan, was resolute in his decision of not attending religious parades citing personal religious beliefs, which was corroborated by his Commanding Officer, said a division bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur.

It also said that Kamalesan was terminated on the basis of his conduct and its impact on military discipline and unit cohesion, rather...