Back आंतरिक सुरक्षा व्यवस्था अधिनियम Hindi உள் நாட்டுப் பாதுகாப்புப் பராமரிப்புச் சட்டம், 1973 Tamil
| Maintenance of Internal Security Act | |
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| Parliament of India | |
| Enacted by | Parliament of India |
| Status: Repealed | |
The Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) was a controversial law passed by the Indian parliament in 1971 giving the administration of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Indian law enforcement agencies very broad powers – indefinite preventive detention of individuals, search and seizure of property without warrants, and wiretapping – in the quelling of civil and political disorder in India, as well as countering foreign-inspired sabotage, terrorism, subterfuge and threats to national security. The law was amended several times during the subsequently declared national emergency (1975–1977) and used for quelling political dissent. Finally, it was repealed in 1977, when Indira Gandhi lost the 1977 Indian general election and the Janata Party came to power.[1]
- ^ Ganguly, Sumit; Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F. (13 August 2007). The State of India's Democracy. JHU Press. pp. 130–. ISBN 978-0-8018-8791-8.