SC refuses plea against Delhi, states imposing security law during protests

The National Security Act allows police to detain a person for 12 months without trial.

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea challenging the imposition of the National Security Act (NSA) in few states and the national capital amid protests against the new citizenship law.

A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Indira Banerjee said that it cannot pass a blanket order about the NSA, which allows police to detain a person for 12 months without trial, and asked lawyer M L Sharma to withdraw the plea.

The bench asked Sharma to file a fresh petition or an interim application in pending pleas on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) giving specific details of violations