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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…
- India
Uttar Pradesh reports most arrests, convictions under UAPA in 2020: MHA data
New Delhi: With 361 people arrested and 54 convicted, Uttar Pradesh has recorded the highest number of arrests and convictions, as compared to other states and Union Territories, under the Unlawful Activities…
- India
Varavara Rao’s medical bail extended till March 8
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday extended the bail granted on health grounds to poet Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case, till March 8. It also sought…
- India
Appear physically for authentication, UAPA Tribunal tells Zakir Naik
New Delhi: The UAPA Tribunal asked Islamic preacher Zakir Naik to appear physically for authentication of his credentials for his affidavit before the Indian embassy in Malaysia or be physically present before…
- India
NIA files case against Dawood Ibrahim, others under UAPA
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a case against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and others under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), the agency said on Monday. NIA Spokesperson…
