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Maintenance of Internal Security Act
The Maintenance of Internal Security Act was a controversial law passed by the Indian parliament in 1973 giving the administration of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Indian law enforcement agencies special powers and authority - indefinite "preventive" detention of indviduals, search and seizure of property without warrants, telephone and wiretapping - in the quelling of civil and political disorder in India, as well as countering foreign-inspired sabotage, terrorism, subterfuge and threats to national security.
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