As a lawyer and a human rights advocate, I am absolutely against the proposed law by our Law Minister as to penalising the landlords for renting their properties to terrorists. This proposed law will open up lacunas for landlords to abuse the privacy of peace-loving pious people in the name of keeping an eye on their private family lives.
We are sure to see abuse of power by the landlords in harassing tenants who fail in their rents owing to financial constraints. The proposed law will also create unreasonable pressure on landlords who may already be burdened with bank-loans to build the houses. Rather laws can be promulgated which will have penalty mentioned against people who will harbour or shelter terrorists. These simple differences in definitions as to the proposed laws will ensure fulfilment of human rights and fundamental freedom and deviations may infringe on our fundamental rights as citizens.