Surveillance notification draconian, creates sense of police state: Experts

Govt notification could be challenged in Supreme Court, say experts

The central government has stirred a hornet’s nest with a notification that gave ten central government agencies wide ranging powers to intercept and decrypt information stored on any computer in the country in the interest of national security. The cyber and information security division of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) allowed agencies such as the Intelligence Bureau, Enforcement Directorate (ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and the Commissioner of Police, Delhi, among others, powers to intercept, monitor and decrypt any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in "any computer".

Apart from giving sweeping powers to these agencies without having