R.R. GOPAL @ NAKEERAN GOPAL vs UNION OF INDIA . — W.P.(Crl.) No. 56/2003

Case Summary: W.P.(Crl.) No. 56/2003 R.R. Gopal v. Union of India On 23 August 2004, the Supreme Court disposed of the petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Prevention of Terrorist Activities Act, 2002 (POTA) and Section 4 thereof. The Court found the principal relief moot as an earlier judgment (16 December 2003) had already upheld POTA's constitutional validity. The petitioner's attempted amendment seeking to challenge Tamil Nadu's notification under POTA was refused, but liberty was granted to file an independent petition before the High Court under Article 226. The interim order dated 16 June 2003 was extended for six weeks. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.