About National Investigation Agency (NIA):
- National Investigation Agency (NIA) is the Central Counter Terrorism Law Enforcement Agency of India.
- Parent agency:Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
- Establishment:NIA was created after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks with the enactment of the National Investigation Agency Act 2008.
- Jurisdiction:
- The agency is empowered to deal with terror related crimes across states without special permission from the states.
- A State Government may request the Central Government to hand over the investigation of a case to the NIA, provided the case has been registered for the offences as contained in the schedule to the NIA Act.
- NIA special courts:
- Various Special Courts have been notified by the Govt. of India for trial of the cases arising out of offences committed in various states of the Union.
- These are presided over by a judge appointed by the Central Government on the recommendation of the Chief Justice of the High Court with jurisdiction in that region.
- Offices:
- It is headquartered in Delhi.
- Branches: Hyderabad, Guwahati, Kochi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Kolkata, Raipur, Jammu, Chandigarh, Ranchi, Chennai and Imphal.
Source : All India Radio
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