POTA Amendment Bill: Controversial Clause

January 1, 2004 | Comments Off on POTA Amendment Bill: Controversial Clause

Yesterday’s Indian Express discusses a controversial clause in the POTA Amendment Bill, which has now passed both houses of Parliament and is awaiting the President’s signature. Manoj Mitta claims that this clause threatens the independence of the judiciary: [T]he POTA Amendment Bill slipped in a clause that effectively lets a review committee—appointed by the Government […]