Maharashtra Public Security Bill aims to legitimise the criminalisation of dissenting citizens, human rights defenders and political opponents : PUCL

The Maharashtra government on July 11 tabled in the state assembly the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill, 2024, to deal with the “increasing presence of Naxalism in urban centres”.  The Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Law and Judiciary of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis justified the Bill by saying that “menace of Naxalism is not only […]