The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) is India’s primary anti-terrorism legislation. It is widely used by the government as a political tool to stifle internal dissent. To this end, the act was infamously amended in 2019 to confer upon the central government the power to arbitrarily designate even individuals as “terrorists”, a power that … Continue reading The Supreme Court of India Reads Article 21 Protection into the Stringent UAPA Bail Jurisprudence