Overview

• The bill secured approval in the Assembly on July 10 and in the Legislative Council on July 11 and now awaits the Governor’s assent.
• An advisory board chaired by a current or retired High Court judge alongside government prosecutors must review evidence before organisations can be designated unlawful.
• Offences covering membership, fundraising, management assistance and undefined “unlawful activity” carry two to seven years’ imprisonment, ₹2–5 lakh fines, non-bailable arrests and asset seizure powers.
• Opposition parties staged walkouts in both houses and plan a Raj Bhavan delegation and statewide protests, warning that vague definitions could suppress legitimate dissent.
• The government asserts that statutory safeguards will prevent misuse and says the bill complements national anti-terror laws and mirrors public security acts in four other states.