India's Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act, 2008, issuing notices to the central government and the NIA seeking their responses. The petition argues that the law violates Article 14 of the Indian Constitution, which guarantees equality before the law, and that Parliament exceeded its legislative authority in passing it. The NIA is India's primary federal counter-terrorism and national security investigative body, and a ruling against the Act could have significant implications for how such cases are prosecuted across the country.