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Passing UAPA Amendment Bill will be a monumental error: Chidambaram
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 2 (ANI): Former Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday termed "unconstitutional" the amendment brought in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act to designate a person as a terrorist and said it will be struck down in the court of law as it violates an individual's
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Rajya Sabha passes UAPA Amendment Bill
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 2 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha on Friday approved the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019 that empowers the central government to designate individuals as terrorists if the person commits or participates in acts of terrorism.
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Look at your past: Shah hits out at Cong amid UAPA discussion in RS
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 2 (ANI): Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asked the Congress party to look at their past while invoking reference of the emergency period during a discussion in Rajya Sabha on the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019.
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Rajya Sabha takes up UAPA Bill, Congress questions provisions
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), August 1 (ANI): Rajya Sabha on Thursday took up the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019, after rejecting Opposition's demand not to extend the sitting of the Upper House beyond the scheduled time for the passage of the contentious Bill that designates an
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Provision to declare person as terrorist under UAPA Bill 'unconstitutional
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 1 (ANI): Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Thursday called the provision to declare a person as terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill 2019 as 'meaningless' and 'unconstitutional'.
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Bombay HC adjourns hearing on Lt Col Purohit's plea challenging validity o
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 1 (ANI): Bombay High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on Lt Col Prasad Purohit's plea challenging the validity of prosecution sanction for his trial under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
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LS passes UAPA Bill, Shah bats for tough laws against terrorism
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 24 (ANI): The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill that empowers the government to designate individuals as terrorists was passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday after a heated debate with Home Minister Amit Shah asserting that tough laws were required to end
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Asaduddin Owaisi blames Congress for making laws like UAPA
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24: Telangana MP and AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday slammed Congress for making laws like Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act [UAPA] while in power and said: "Let a Congress leader be arrested in this law, only then they will know."
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Oppn decides to demand 7 bills be sent to Joint Select Committee
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): The Opposition has decided to demand in the Rajya Sabha that seven out of 16 bills, including the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, Triple Talaq Bill and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Bill, be sent to Joint Select Committee.
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Centre bans Pak backed 'Sikhs for Justice' for its secessionist activities
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday declared "Sikhs for Justice (SFJ)" as an unlawful association under provision 3(1) of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967, sources in Ministry of Home Affairs said.
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Mumbai: NIA court rejects Pragya Thakur's request for permanent exemption
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 20 (ANI): A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court, on Thursday, rejected the plea of BJP MP Pragya Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case for permanent exemption from attending the court once in a week.
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India declares Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh terrorist organisation
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): The Centre on Friday declared Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and its manifestations in India as terrorist outfits under section 35 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
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