Satya Mohanty
Former Secretary, GOvt of India
Regardless of the regime, the exercise of State power against the citizens in India has often been far from benign. It has mostly been brutal, to say the least. What has happened of late is the expansion of the definition of crime to include IPC offences under draconian special laws like UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act), a kind of carte blanche for acting with impunity, with the judiciary being largely ineffective as a bulwark against such use of excessive and arbitrary powers. In addition, a discriminatory legalism has come in. Dissidents get the wrong end of it, while those close to the establishment can fearlessly move ahead.
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