UAPA
- India
SC tags Umar Khalid’s plea challenging UAPA with existing petitions against it
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday tagged a writ petition by former JNU scholar and activist Umar Khalid with other existing petitions that challenge the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). Earlier,…
- Delhi
Delhi HC dismisses pleas by NewsClick founder against arrest
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed pleas by NewsClick founder-editor Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakravarty challenging their arrest in a UAPA case, saying that it does not…
- India
25 scribes questioned; NewsClick editor, HR to be produced in court today
New Delhi: Delhi Police Special Cell has questioned about 25 journalists and contributors of the NewsClick for a second time in connection with a UAPA case registered against the online news portal…
- India
State refuses to respect journalistic freedom, says NewsClick on arrests
A day after NewsClick‘s founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakraborty were arrested under the draconian UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act) law by the Delhi Police, the online media…
- India
Opposition cries foul as Delhi Police raids journalists over UAPA case
New Delhi: Opposition leaders on Tuesday slammed the Centre over the early morning raids on the premises of several journalists here and called it an attempt to silence them before the 2024…
- Telangana
Hyderabad: Prof Haragopal demands state govt to withdraw UAPA cases
Hyderabad: Human rights activist and former professor at the University of Hyderabad, G Haragopal on Thursday demanded the Telangana government to withdraw cases under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) filed against…
- India
Delhi court reserves order on Sharjeel Imam’s statutory bail plea
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday reserved order on plea of Sharjeel Imam, a key figure in a case involving alleged inflammatory speeches made against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), seeking…
- India
Threat calls to Gadkari: Nagpur police to file chargesheet
Nagpur: The Nagpur police will file the chargesheet in a case registered under anti-terror law UAPA in connection with threatening phone calls made to Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, a senior police official…
- Telangana
146 booked under UAPA in Telangana; NAPM seek KCR’s intervention
Hyderabad: The development of Telangana police department invoking Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against 146 activists, including students and retired professors for alleged links with banned CPI(Maoist), has triggered a debate across…
- India
2020 Delhi Riots: Police files 5th supplementary charge sheet in conspiracy case
New Delhi: The Delhi Police have filed the 5th supplementary charge sheet in the UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the 2020 northeast Delhi communal riots. Twenty people including activists…
- India
UAPA case: Delhi HC extends PFI coordinator’s custody parole for daughter’s wedding
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday extended the custody parole of Ibrahim Puthanathani, the National Coordinator of the Popular Front of India (PFI) and a defendant in a UAPA case…
- India
Absence of sanction in charge sheet under UAPA no ground for default bail: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that an accused in an UAPA case cannot seek default bail on the ground that the charge sheet filed within the stipulated time period…
- India
Kerala police to invoke UAPA on main accused in train arson case
Kozhikode: Kerala police has decided to invoke provisions of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against the main accused in the train arson incident that resulted in the loss of three lives.…