The NSA full form in law is National Security Act. The Government of India passed the National Security Act of 1980, which gives authorities the authority to hold people without accusation or trial if they are thought to pose a threat to public order or national security. It is considered to be an important tool for maintaining the national security and the public order in the country.
Purpose of NSA:
The NSA’s principal goal is to stop people from doing anything that would jeopardize the nation’s integrity, security, or sovereignty or interfere with the upkeep of public order. This law gives the federal government and state governments the power to hold someone for a maximum of 12 months, with the option to prolong the detention if more time is needed. The NSA also gives power to the government to detain a foreigner in a view to regulation his presence or the expulsion from the country.
Preventive detention under NSA:
Under the NSA, a person may be detained for an extended amount of time without official accusations against them or a trial, a practice known as “preventive detention,” mainly to keep them from committing activities that could endanger national security. Although they can speak to an Advisory Board that considers the detention orders, the detainee has few other rights.