Gujarat's controversial anti-terror bill withdrawn
January 28, 2016 16:51
The controversial Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GCTOC) Bill, 2015, has been withdrawn by the Centre. The bill which was to become law as the home ministry had cleared it had been sent it to the President for approval in September 2015. Details awaited.
The Bill, passed by the Gujarat Assembly, was twice rejected by the previous UPA government.
It was first introduced in the Assembly in 2003 when PM Narendra Modi was the Gujarat chief minister.
The Bill provides for admissibility of evidence collected through interception of mobile calls of an accused or through confessions made before an investigating officer in a court of law.
The Bill, passed by the Gujarat Assembly, was twice rejected by the previous UPA government.
It was first introduced in the Assembly in 2003 when PM Narendra Modi was the Gujarat chief minister.
The Bill provides for admissibility of evidence collected through interception of mobile calls of an accused or through confessions made before an investigating officer in a court of law.
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