Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Archives

Manipur HC directs State and Officer-in-charge to complete pending Investigation in 10-years-old UAPA case within 6 months

The Court said that offences under UAPA are serious ones relating to the security of the nation and FIR cannot be quashed on mere technicalities without going to the complete merit of the case.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Explained| Why SC sets aside Bombay HC order acquitting Prof GN Saibaba and others in UAPA Case

The Court directed to remit the matter back for fresh disposal before another bench of the High Court.

Op Eds OP. ED.

Rigours of Section 45 of Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 will not apply where a Prosecution Complaint has been filed without Arrest

by Rohan Wadhwa†

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court | Disclosure of information regarding issuance of notification under S 45 UAPA can be rightfully exempted under RTI Act

Delhi High Court: In a petition filed by Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddiqui (‘petitioner’), who is a death row convict in 7/11 Mumbai train

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court| PT warrant can never be converted into regular warrant in a case where the accused person is already on bail; opportunity should be given to the accused to explain his non-appearance

Madras High Court: In a case related to an appeal filed for the cancellation of an order of dismissing the bail application

Case Briefs Supreme Court

UAPA| ‘Mere association with a terrorist organisation not enough’. SC grants bail to 2 Kerala men booked over Maoist links

Supreme Court: The bench of Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka*, JJ has granted bail to Thwaha Fasal and Allan Shuaib, booked

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Gold Smuggling is not a terrorist activity, it does not qualify as ‘any other material’ under S. 15(1)(a)(iiia) of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act; HC grants bail

Kerala High Court: In an interesting case the Division Bench comprising of A. Hariprasad and M. R. Anitha, JJ., had granted bail

Legislation Updates Notifications

Centre declares 18 more individuals as designated terrorists [Read the List]

Central Government had amended the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 in August 2019, to include the provision of designating an individual as

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | If case discloses ‘prima facie’ culpability then bar under proviso to S. 43D (5) of UAPA will be attracted; Bail rejected in view of the same

Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench of H.C. Mishra and Rajesh Kumar, JJ., dismissed the appeal being devoid of merits. The facts

Case Briefs District Court

Patiala House Court | “When you choose to play with embers, you cannot blame the wind to have carried the spark bit too far and spread the fire”; Student activist Safoora Zargar denied bail in Chand Bagh Riots case

Patiala House Court, New Delhi: While deciding the instant bail application of student activist Safoora Zargar, who was accused of giving inflammatory

Hot Off The Press News

Editors Guild of India noted with shock and concern the high-handed manner in which law enforcement agencies in J&K used prevailing laws to deal with 2 journalists

The Editors Guild of India has noted with shock and concern the high-handed manner in which the law enforcement agencies in Jammu

Legislation Updates Notifications

Central Govt. declares — Maulana Masood Azhar, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi & Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar as “terrorists”

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (1) of Section 35 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967,

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Bar created under S. 43 of UAPA does not hinder enforcement of default bail, if further detention of accused is not permissible

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Rashid Ali Dar, J. allowed an appeal against an order of the lower courts whereby appellant’s bail

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | No bail for an accused charged under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act where reasonable grounds for believing prima facie case exist

Delhi High Court: Siddharth Mridul, J. dismissed an appeal filed under Section 21(4) of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 assailing an order

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Ingredients constituting offence prima facie made out – FIR cannot be quashed

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Karuna Nand Bajpayee and Ifaqat Ali Khan, JJ. dismissed a petition seeking quashing of a

Case Briefs High Courts

Bail might not be granted if there exists reasonable belief about prima facie truth in the prosecution case

Madras High Court: The High Court recently dealt with a petition for bail under S. 439 of the CrPC wherein the petitioner-accused