UAPA

Why it matters

• Provides the legal framework for the government to designate individuals and organizations as terrorists based on specific criteria.
• Empowers central agencies to investigate and prosecute cases involving national security and sovereignty.
• Establishes special courts for the speedy trial of offenses falling under its ambit.

How it is asked

Focus on the balance between national security imperatives and the protection of individual civil liberties, the evolution of the definition of 'terrorist act', and the procedural powers granted to investigative agencies.