{"id":49775,"date":"2025-07-30T19:15:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=49775"},"modified":"2025-07-30T19:15:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:45:29","slug":"maharashtra-special-public-security-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/30-07-2025\/maharashtra-special-public-security-bill","title":{"rendered":"Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/ Polity and Governance; GS3\/ Internal Security<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Maharashtra Legislature passed the <strong>Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill <\/strong>to provide for effective prevention of certain unlawful activities of Left Wing Extremist organisations or similar organisations\u2019.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Maharashtra is the fifth State<\/strong> after <strong>Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha<\/strong> to enact a Public Security Act \u201cfor more effective prevention of unlawful activities of such organisations.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Provisions of the Bill<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Declaration of Organisations as \u2018Unlawful\u2019:<\/strong> The State Government can ban organisations it deems unlawful without public notification or due process safeguards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Criminalisation of Expression:<\/strong> Section 2(f) criminalises speech, gestures, or signs that \u201ctend to interfere with public order or cause concern.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Extension of Ban Without Limit:<\/strong> Once banned, an organisation can be permanently banned as there is no time limit for review.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>No Lower Court Jurisdiction: <\/strong>Lower courts cannot hear cases under this Act, making legal challenges more difficult.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Immunity to Officials:<\/strong> Government officials acting in <strong>\u2018good faith<\/strong>\u2019 are provided full legal protection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Concerns and Criticism<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Vague Definitions: <\/strong>The use of terms like \u2018unlawful activity\u2019 and \u2018public order\u2019 are ambiguous, and violate principles laid down in <strong>Shreya Singhal v. Union of India (2015),<\/strong> undermining <strong>Article\u202f14<\/strong> and<strong> Article\u202f19<\/strong> of constitution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Due Process Gaps: <\/strong>Arrest and seizure powers can be exercised on suspicion alone, with limited procedural safeguards and delayed avenues of appeal through the <strong>High Court.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Property Rights Violation: <\/strong>Sections\u202f9\u201310 allow coercive seizure of property without prior judicial oversight or compensation, undermining <strong>Article\u202f300A.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Suppression of Dissent:<\/strong> Peaceful protests, farmers&#8217; groups, students\u2019 unions, and civil rights organisations may be targeted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>What is the Naxalite Movement?<\/strong><br>&#8211; <strong>Origin:<\/strong> The Naxalite movement began in <strong>1967 in Naxalbari, West Bengal, <\/strong>as a radical leftist uprising championing the rights of tribal and landless communities.<br>&#8211; <strong>Geographic Spread:<\/strong> The insurgency spread across the so-called <strong>Red Corridor, <\/strong>covering parts of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, and Kerala.<br>&#8211; <strong>Approach adopted:<\/strong> Naxalites employ <strong>guerrilla warfare<\/strong>, target state institutions, extort local populations, and often recruit children.&nbsp;<br>1. They claim to fight for marginalized communities but resort to violent methods.<br><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"What is the Naxalite Movement?\n\" width=\"373\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXeDGJmGUOQyHg-1c4nykQM34qwket2QZvm6QVNgEH5EZ18DBiwX9h8yP4c7qh915I5syT5eUR_JoecCgqGNFQLix2PbNIkWthOP5uIGb8r9FMhVBbXHpku2pewRROnyP9x1GFXo9g?key=u9Nod42G1ceaLYLOYK8fbQ\"><br><strong>Government Initiatives<\/strong><br>&#8211; <strong>Security Related Expenditure (SRE) Scheme: <\/strong>This Scheme is being implemented as a sub-scheme of the umbrella scheme \u2018<strong>Modernization of Police Forces\u2019.<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>1. The Central Government reimburses security related expenditure for LWE affected districts and districts earmarked for monitoring.<br>&#8211; <strong>SAMADHAN Strategy:<\/strong> A comprehensive approach involving Smart Leadership, Aggressive Strategy, Motivation and Training, Actionable Intelligence, Dashboard-Based KPIs and KRAs, Harnessing Technology, Action Plans for each Theatre, and No Access to Financing.<br>&#8211; <strong>Scheme of Fortified Police stations:<\/strong> 612 Fortified Police Stations have been constructed in LWE affected areas in the last 10 years.<br>&#8211; <strong>Aspirational District: <\/strong>The Ministry of Home Affairs has been tasked with the monitoring of Aspirational districts programme in 35 LWE affected districts.<br>&#8211; <strong>Focused Developmental Assistance<\/strong>: Special Central Assistance (SCA) of <strong>\u20b930 crore<\/strong> for most affected districts and <strong>\u20b910 crore<\/strong> for Districts of Concern is bridging infrastructure gaps.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/maharashtra\/what-is-maharashtras-new-security-bill-explained\/article69866622.ece\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The Maharashtra Legislature passed the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill to provide for effective prevention of certain unlawful activities of Left Wing Extremist organisations or similar organisations\u2019.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Key Provisions of the Bill<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Declaration of Organisations as \u2018Unlawful\u2019: The State Government can ban organisations it deems unlawful without public notification or due process safeguards.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Criminalisation of Expression: Section 2(f) criminalises speech, gestures, or signs that \u201ctend to interfere with public order or cause concern.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Extension of Ban Without Limit: Once banned, an organisation can be permanently banned as there is no time limit for review.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">No Lower Court Jurisdiction: Lower courts cannot hear cases under this Act, making legal challenges more difficult.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/30-07-2025\/maharashtra-special-public-security-bill\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49775"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49803,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49775\/revisions\/49803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}