GUARDING LIBERTY OR CHOKING DISSENT? PREVENTIVE DETENTION AND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST IN INDIA

GUARDING LIBERTY OR CHOKING DISSENT? PREVENTIVE DETENTION AND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST IN INDIA Maitra Varun Chotia, PhD Research Scholar, Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi (India) Download Manuscript doi.org/10.70183/lijdlr.2025.v03.210 The strain between civil liberties and state security in India has become more acute in the recent years, with the special preventive detention laws becoming more The strain between civil liberties and state security in India has become more acute in the recent years, with the special preventive detention laws becoming more and more in conflict with the basic right to dissent. This paper looks into the way in which the preventive detention system in India, which is based on Article 22 of the Constitution and laws such as the National Security Act (NSA) and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) have been applied to dissenters and whether this application is consistent with constitutional protections and international standards.