NIA On The Edge in SC for Biased Inaction

Key Highlights

1. Supreme Court criticizes NIA for invoking UAPA in the Beldanga violence case without proper document review.
2. Bench led by CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi questions selective use of anti-terror laws.
3. Court flags NIA’s inaction in the larger Murshidabad violence (April 2025) incident.
4. Debate intensifies over alleged selective activism vs selective inaction by central agencies.
5. NIA, formed after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks (2008), is India’s top counter-terror investigation agency.
6. Opposition parties allege misuse of ED, CBI, and UAPA to target political rivals before elections.
7. Arrests of Umar Khalid and Stan Swamy under UAPA earlier triggered nationwide debate on civil liberties.
8. Allegations of West Bengal Police inaction in Samsherganj and Beldanga raise law-and-order concerns.
9. Questions grow over the credibility and independence of investigative agencies in India.
10. The larger issue centers on democracy, institutional neutrality, and rule of law in a politically charged environment.

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