Referred to as the Illegal Actions Prevention Act, the anti-terror legislation was first launched in 2008 by the now-opposition Congress occasion. In 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s authorities amended the legislation, permitting authorities to categorize people as terrorists. Beforehand, the designation was reserved just for organizations.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/indias-harsh-anti-terror-law-comes-under-rare-scrutiny/2021/08/16/9dd0f77a-fe47-11eb-87e0-7e07bd9ce270_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world | India’s harsh anti-terror legislation comes below uncommon scrutiny