In the case of the MCOCA and the UAPA, Khan says there are provisions that before an FIR is filed, there should be approval from a senior police officer. Secondly, the investigation into such cases can only be carried out by an officer of a particular rank. Third, there is a bar on the court in taking cognisance of such cases without government sanctions, he explains.
Such safeguards, he says, are missing in the proposed law.
BNS makes the dreaded UAPA look reasonable. Nice, no?