Emerging Socio Legal Challenges of Terrorism in India an Analytical Study

Abstract

Peace, good governance and stability are the pre-conditions for existence of any State. As State comprises of citizens, thus, its primary duties include ensuring welfare of the citizens in which safety and security always occupy the crucial bedrock. Social fabrics and threads of unity among different social groups viz, ethnic, religious, racial etc. stand on the strong pillars of peace, liberty and stability. Social harmony and tranquillity lay the foundation of a progressive and dynamic State, which in turn, cemented the democratic values.Under the umbrella of celebrated right of freedom of expression there emanates different opinions, space for holding diverse political and ideological opinions, ideas of reform including criticism. However, when an individual or groups of individuals attempt to impose upon other his/ their political or religious thoughts, the same process taken place through violence without leaving any scope for amelioration, an apparent or non-apparent persecution comes into the being distorting the social coherence and bond of unity. If this floating wave of violence causing sabotage and destruction of life and property with the aim of destabilizing the society or dethrone the lawfully established government or to cause to cede any territory of a State, it is called terrorism.With the passing of the time, sheds of terrorism has also been undergone lot of changes keeping its main aim intact to terrorise or to create terror it diversified itself in the range starting from traditional violent terrorism to the dilute form of green terrorism.One of the vastly affected countries of the world scourge of terrorism in India. In India, since independence, in one or other form terrorism has made its presence visible, communal disharmony, ethical and religious differences and pseudo narcissism of one section of the people adhered to jingoism nurtured it well and made it prominent. newline