The Patiala House Court on Monday extended the judicial custody of Prabir Purkayastha, founder and editor-in-chief and Amit Chakravarty, HR Head of news portal in the case registered by Delhi Police under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, following allegations that news portal NewsClick received huge money for […]
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SC dismisses PFI’s plea challenging UAPA tribunal’s decision confirming Centre’s 5-year ban, asks it to approach HC
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea of the Popular Front of India (PFI) challenging an order of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) tribunal confirming the five-year ban imposed on it by the Centre and granted it liberty to approach the High Court. A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and […]
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Delhi Police conducts raids under UAPA, Congress calls it expression of political philosophy
Delhi Police is conducting raids at different premises linked to NewsClick under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and other sections, sources said. Meanwhile, Delhi Police Special Cell Assistant Commissioner of Police Lalit Mohan Negi reached the NewsClick office in the national capital. On Tuesday morning the Delhi Police sent […]
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Delhi HC dismisses bail plea of Amir Javed booked under UAPA in Terror case
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a bail plea moved by one Amir Javed booked under stringent sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967 (UAPA) for allegedly planning terror activities in the country. He was arrested on September 14, 2021, by the special cell of Delhi Police. The bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Anish Dayal on September […]
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Karnataka: Mangaluru blast accused influenced by global terror outfit, was already booked under UAPA
Karnataka ADGP Alok Kumar Monday said that the accused Sharik in the Mangaluru auto-rickshaw explosion case, has been earlier involved in cases under UAPA and was on the run. The top cop further said that the accused had links with a terrorist organisation which is having a global presence. “We […]
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J-K: DGP Dilbag Singh holds high level review meeting; directs officers for quality probe in NDPS, UAPA cases
To review the progress of “targets and goals” set for the Jammu zone in the Union Territory, the J-K police on Thursday held a review meeting on different fronts for the year 2022. This review meeting was chaired by the Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh at the police headquarters. In […]
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Delhi HC dismisses plea by sacked Mumbai top cop Sachin Waze challenging prosecution under UAPA
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea by sacked Mumbai top cop Sachin Waze challenging a sanction order to prosecute him under UAPA in relation to the Antilia bomb scare case and said it has no territorial jurisdiction. The Division Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Anish […]
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Delhi Police files FIRs under UAPA against gangsters of Delhi, Punjab including Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldie Brar
Delhi Police has filed two FIRs under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against numerous infamous gangsters of Delhi and Punjab including Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldie Brar. Bishnoi and Brar are accused in the Sidhu Moose Wala murder case. According to the police, the action has been taken on the orders of the Union […]
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NIA takes over Udaipur tailor beheading case, files FIR under UAPA
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday took over the investigation of the brutal murder of a tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Rajasthan’s Udaipur who was hacked to death inside his shop by two men in broad daylight a day ago, officials said. The anti-terror agency has also filed a First Information Report […]
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SC grants bail to UAPA undertrial in custody for 8 years, observing trial will take a long time
The Supreme Court has granted bail to a man, arrested under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act UAPA charges, and languishing in jail for eight years, observing that so far only six out of 109 witnesses have been fully examined and the “trial will take a long time.” “We would think that in the […]
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UAPA Tribunal confirms Centre’s decision declaring Zakir Naik’s IRF as unlawful
The Tribunal under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in its order confirmed the notification dated 15 November 2021 issued by the Union of India under sub-Sections (1) and (3) of Section 3 of the Act declaring Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) as an “unlawful association”. The Tribunal in […]
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42 terrorist organisations listed in first schedule under UAPA: MoS Home
As many as 42 terrorist organisations in the country have been listed in the first schedule under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Rai, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha, said, “The number of terrorist organisations listed in the […]