THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ITS HISTORICAL EVOLUTION AND CONTEMPORARY IMPLICATIONS by Hardika, Manas Ahuja & Shivansh Srivastava
Authors: Hardika, Manas Ahuja, Shivansh Srivastava; Students at Symbiosis Law School, Noida ABSTRACT In India, the National Security Act (NSA) was enacted in 1980, with the objective of providing the government with additional powers to maintain national security and public order. The act was originally intended to be used only in exceptional circumstances and for a limited period of time . However, the act has been widely used by successive…