Why the GoI Should Be Serious About Stamping Out Abuse of National Security Law
Wanton abuse of the concept of 'national security' by governments in India has led courts and academic commentators to try to define the term to restrict its usage. As the Supreme Court recently recognised in the case of Malayalam channel MediaOne, this is a fool's errand
This opinion was published in Economic Times on April 20, 2023.
About the Authors
Arghya is the Founder and Research Director at Vidhi. His areas of specialisation are constitutional law and regulation of the digital economy. He has served on a number of government committees including the B.N. Srikrishna-led committee of experts on a data protection framework for India. Arghya has a number of academic publications on the Supreme Court and the Constitution in leading law journals such as Law Quarterly Review and Public Law. He is also a columnist at The Telegraph and The Times of India. He has most recently authored a book “Independence and Accountability of the Indian Higher Judiciary” (Cambridge, 2019) which builds on his doctoral work at Oxford University. Prior to founding Vidhi, he was at Oxford as a Lecturer in Administrative Law at Pembroke College.