India, Aug. 11 -- The State government on Monday urged the Bombay High Court to dismiss the petitions filed by the Congress, CPI, and All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), which challenge the constitutional validity of the Maharashtra Special Public Security Act, 2025, terming them "frivolous".

The legislation, whose stated objective is to curb 'urban naxalism' or frontal organisations of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), was passed unanimously in the legislative assembly in July last year. It aims to enact a special law to curb 'left-wing extremism' - the central government's preferred term for Maoist/Naxal activities.

The petitioners challenged the enactment, contending that it would "suppress constitutionally protected ...