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Not a terrorist act: Delhi HC on Umar Khalid’s anti-CAA speech
The Delhi high court observed that the speech by jailed activist and research scholar of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Umar Khalid’s speech from February 2020 in Amravati, Maharashtra, while in poor taste…
- India
Won’t beg, will retire if proven guilty by NIA: Yasin Malik
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday urged the court to give the death penalty to Yasin Malik, a separatist leader from Jammu and Kashmir while the latter said that…
- India
Jailed J&K activist Khurram Parvez in TIME’s 100 most influential list
Khurram Parvez, a jailed Jammu and Kashmir activist, is one of the few prominent Indian names on TIME’s list of the 100 most influential people in 2022, which was published on Monday,…
- India
Jailed Prof GN Saibaba to go on indefinite hunger strike over CCTV surveillance of toilet
Dr GN Saibaba, a former English professor at Ram Lal Anand College, Delhi University, who has been jailed in Nagpur since 2017 lives in increased torment as jail authorities infringe upon his…
- India
Yasin Malik pleads guilty before Delhi court in case related to terrorism
New Delhi: Separatist leader Mohammad Yasin Malik on Tuesday pleaded guilty to all the charges, including those under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), before a Delhi court in a case…
- India
Delhi HC adjourns Umar Khalid’s plea for Friday
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of the appeal of JNU researcher-activist Umar Khalid for Friday saying that his fresh documents explaining his alleged ‘offensive speech’ have…
- India
Is it proper to use term ‘jumla’ against PM? Delhi HC asks Umar Khalid
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday, while hearing the bail application of student activist Umar Khalid in the larger conspiracy case of the northeast Delhi riots, asked whether it was proper to…
- India
Delhi riots: Police opposes Umar Khalid’s bail plea in UAPA case
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has opposed before the Delhi High Court a plea of former JNU student Umar Khalid seeking bail in a case under the stringent UAPA for alleged conspiracy…
- India
Post jail release, Kashmiri journalist booked under Public Safety Act
32-year-old Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan was detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) on Sunday. The detention comes immediately after Sultan was released from jail. The journalist spent 1317 days in jail…
- India
Court rejects bail plea of United Against Hate founder Khalid Saifi
New Delhi: A court here on Friday turned down the bail plea of United Against Hate founder Khalid Saifi in a UAPA case in connection with an alleged larger conspiracy behind the northeast…
- India
Tharoor moves Private Members Bill to repeal UAPA
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday moved a Private Members Bill to repeal the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Repeal Bill, 2022 seeks to annul the UAPA,…
- India
UAPA Tribunal confirms govt’s decision declaring Zakir Naik’s IRF as unlawful
New Delhi: 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)…
- Books
Why do you fear my way so much? A review of GN Saibaba’s poetry collection
Two nights ago, I thought back to the time I skimmed through a 2018 Guardian article titled “Skim reading is the new normal”. As it always goes with google searches, an unexplained…
- Delhi
2020 Delhi riots: Court defers order on Umar Khalid’s bail plea
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday deferred for March 23 the order on the bail plea of former JNU student Umar Khalid in a case of larger conspiracy in connection with…
- India
Time limit for sanction under UAPA mandatory and sacrosanct: Kerala HC
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Thursday held that the time limit prescribed under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for sanction is “mandatory and sacrosanct” while quashing three cases — of…
