UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) ACT: A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME

 By Abhimanyu Chauhan and Vasudha Singh [Abhimanyu Chauhan and Vasudha Singh are penultimate year students of LL.B. at Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.] Introduction The history of preventive detention in India extends as far back as 1818, when the Bengal State Prisoners Regulation Act [i] was enacted by the East India …