Human rights implications of national security laws in India: combating terrorism while preserving civil liberties. From: Denver Journal of International Law and Policy | Date: March 22, 2005| Author: Kumar, C. Raj | COPYRIGHT 2005 University of Denver. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

"Liberty is itself the gift of the law and may by the law [be]forfeited or abridged." (1)

"[T]he principle that no one shall be deprived of his life and liberty without the authority of law was not the gift of the Constitution. It was a necessary [corollary] of the concept relating to sanctity of life and liberty; it existed and was in force before the coming into force of the Constitution." (2)

I. INTRODUCTION

The September 11, 2001 attacks in New...

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