HC ought to have first shot at deciding pleas challenging 2019 amendment to UAPA, says Supreme Court

The amendment confers the Centre with ‘discretionary, unfettered powers’ to categorise a person as a ‘terrorist’; Petitioners say it allows the state to freely encroach upon the fundamental rights of dignity, free speech

​The amendment confers the Centre with ‘discretionary, unfettered powers’ to categorise a person as a ‘terrorist’; Petitioners say it allows the state to freely encroach upon the fundamental rights of dignity, free speech