The Anti-Hijacking Act is intended to enforce The Hague Hijacking Convention and Beijing Protocol Supplementary to the Convention2010.
The Act repeals and replaces The Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982 and broadens the definition of hijacking to include any attempt to seize or gain control of an aircraft using “any technological means”, which accounts for the possibility that the hijackers may not be physically present on board the aircraft.
The new legislation has universal jurisdiction, which includes inter-alia, if the hijacker is Indian, or if the hijacked aircraft is registered in India or if any foreign registered aircraft lands in India with the alleged ....
