LG asks Centre to extend to Delhi law on detention of bootleggers

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Friday Lt. Governor had approved and forwarded the proposal of the Delhi Police to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for extending the Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1986, as modified, to the NCT of Delhi.
According to the Lieutenant Governor’s office, Saxena has approved and forwarded the proposal of the Delhi Police to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for issuance of notification under Section 2 of the Union Territories (Laws) Act, 1950. “The said Act is applicable for the prevention of dangerous activities of bootleggers, drug offenders, immoral traffickers, land grabbers, food adulteration offenders, fake document offenders, scheduled commodities offenders, gaming offenders, sexual offenders, explosive substance offenders, arms offenders, cybercrime offenders, and white collar or financial offenders. The MHA will take a decision in this regard,” the LG office said.
The MHA will take a decision in this regard, the LG office said.
Notably, in June 2022, the Delhi Police requested the competent authority’s approval for the issuance of a notification extending the Act to the NCT of Delhi.
The police have said that there is “a need for stringent legislation for the prevention and effective control of criminal activities, particularly by repeat offenders involved in bootlegging, land grabbing, snatching, robbery, arms running, the sale of drugs, gambling, sexual offenses, etc.”