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SC grants bail to Kerala youth charged with UAPA for having Maoist links
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to Thwaha Fasal, a journalism student in his twenties, charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for allegedly having Maoist links.
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Kerala HC reserves judgement in appeals filed by accused in gold smuggling
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], October 25 (ANI): Kerala High Court on Monday reserved its judgment in the appeals filed by two accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case in the case registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
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Being part of a Whatsapp group is not a crime, submits Umar Khalid
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Student-turned-activist Umar Khalid on Tuesday told the Delhi's Karkardooma Court that the prosecution's wish to paint every accused in larger conspiracy case relating to the north-east Delhi violence with the same brush and said that being a part of a Wh
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Strike down sedition law, offensive parts of UAPA, retired Justice Rohinto
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 11 (ANI): Justice Rohinton Nariman, former Supreme Court judge, has urged the top court to strike down colonial-era sedition law and offensive parts of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA).
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J-K Police to seize 74 vehicles, houses, land under UAPA Act
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 6 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday said that it will seize 74 vehicles, 5 houses, 6 shops, land and cash under Section 25 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the union territory.
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SC says Magistrate can't extend completion of probe deadline in UAPA cases
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court has held that a Magistrate does not have the jurisdiction to extend the deadline for completion of investigation in cases under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
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List Taliban as terror organisation else 'stop calling poor Muslims as Tal
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 2 (ANI): Questioning the double standards adopted by the Centre on Taliban, AIMIM chief Asaduddi Owaisi on Thursday asked the BJP-led Central Government to either de-list the terrorists of the Taliban and the Haqqani Network from UN Sanction Committee
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Cases registered under UAPA increased from 901 in 2017 to 1226 in 2019: Mo
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): The number of cases registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act has increased from 901 in 2017 to 1226 in 2019, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
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Centre proscribes ISIS as terrorist organisation: MoS Home Nityanand Rai i
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai in a written reply to Lok Sabha on Tuesday said that the Central Government had proscribed the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Daesh as a terrorist organisa
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1,948 arrested, 34 convicted under UAPA in 2019: MHA
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data a total of 1948 persons were arrested and 34 were convicted under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in 2019, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha.
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22,691 active organisations presently registered under FCRA: MHA
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday that there are presently about 22,691 active organisations registered under The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 in India.
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Delhi HC directs NIA special court to hear pending bail plea of UAPA accus
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): A division bench of the Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the special court of National Investigation Agency to hear expeditiously the pending bail plea of the applicant who was accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for being a conduit
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