Under India’s Army Act (1950) and under other laws applicable to coast guards and border police forces, disobedience to a lawful order is an offence. 

The Report on the Practice of India, referring to provisions of the Army Act, Coast Guard Act and Indo-Tibetan Boarder Police Force Act, states that it is “possible to deduce from these provisions a right to disobey unlawful orders given by superior officials/authorities because the relevant provisions very clearly provide that a person is not supposed to wilfully defy ‘lawful’ orders or commands given by the superiors”.