https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183507 Anti-terrorism legislation directed at threats to sovereignty, integrity, security of the State, and cross-border terrorism falls within Parliament's legislative competence. The challenge to the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002 failed on that ground. The impugned provisions were also upheld as constitutionally valid when read with necessary safeguards: abetment and support offences were confined by mens rea, conscious possession was required for arms possession, investigative powers over information and bodily samples were treated as permissible aids, witness anonymity and in camera proceedings were sustained for protection, confessions were valid subject to statutory safeguards, and the special bail regime was upheld as a stringent but justified procedure. en-us Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 29 Jun 2024 12:33:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183507 Anti-terrorism legislation directed at threats to sovereignty, integrity, security of the State, and cross-border terrorism falls within Parliament's legislative competence. The challenge to the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002 failed on that ground. The impugned provisions were also upheld as constitutionally valid when read with necessary safeguards: abetment and support offences were confined by mens rea, conscious possession was required for arms possession, investigative powers over information and bodily samples were treated as permissible aids, witness anonymity and in camera proceedings were sustained for protection, confessions were valid subject to statutory safeguards, and the special bail regime was upheld as a stringent but justified procedure. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183507