Uapa

A UK-based man of Kashmiri-origin has been booked under the UAPA for allegedly carrying out anti-national activities on social media, police said on Saturday.

As many as 4,690 people were arrested in different parts of the country under the stringent anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA in the past three years, and 149 of whom got convicted, according to government figures.

A Tribunal under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) on Monday sought the stand of Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) in proceedings to consider the Centre's decision to declare it as an unlawful association.

The Delhi High Court on Friday said it is paramount that cases under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act are tried expeditiously and sought its administration's stand on streamlining their quick disposal before the special designated courts.

More than 50 per cent of people arrested under the controversial anti-terrorism law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA in the past three years were below the age of 30 years with the highest number from Uttar Pradesh, Manipur and Jammu and

There is no reason to interfere in the Bombay High Court order granting bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj in the Koregaon-Bhima case, the Supreme Court said today, dismissing a plea filed by the National Investigation Agency challenging the ord

"There is a state which is distributing UAPA (Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act) and sedition charges like a 'Prasad' from God we don't want to pray to," Swara Bhasker said.

The Supreme Court had on November 17 granted relief to three people who had filed a plea demanding the UAPA cases against them be cancelled.

No coercive action must be taken against journalist Shyam Meera Singh and two lawyers who had sought a Tripura Police case against them under the controversial anti-terror law UAPA be cancelled, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday.

Investigating officers of the Tripura police have, in separate letters to the Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube authorities sought details of the 101 accounts from which fake and provocative posts were made.

The Supreme Court has quashed the Kerala High Court order which discharged an accused, arrested for his alleged Maoist links, for the purported offences including sedition and under the provisions of the anti-terror law.

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Swapna Suresh in the UAPA case lodged by the NIA in connection with the sensational gold smuggling through diplomatic channel.

A Delhi court on Thursday said the mobile data which has been collected from several accused in the Delhi riots conspiracy case cannot be provided to the co-accused as it allegedly contains pornographic material and would hamper their privacy.

Two cases under the tough anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA, have been filed against medical students in Srinagar who celebrated Pakistan's maiden T20 World Cup victory against India on Sunday.

The court discharged all the accused saying they were "definitively using certain code" in reference to the incriminating messages but added that the use of words that the prosecution relies on were mere suspicion without evidence.

A UK-based man of Kashmiri-origin has been booked under the UAPA for allegedly carrying out anti-national activities on social media, police said on Saturday.

As many as 4,690 people were arrested in different parts of the country under the stringent anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA in the past three years, and 149 of whom got convicted, according to government figures.

A Tribunal under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) on Monday sought the stand of Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) in proceedings to consider the Centre's decision to declare it as an unlawful association.

The Delhi High Court on Friday said it is paramount that cases under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act are tried expeditiously and sought its administration's stand on streamlining their quick disposal before the special designated courts.

More than 50 per cent of people arrested under the controversial anti-terrorism law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA in the past three years were below the age of 30 years with the highest number from Uttar Pradesh, Manipur and Jammu and

There is no reason to interfere in the Bombay High Court order granting bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj in the Koregaon-Bhima case, the Supreme Court said today, dismissing a plea filed by the National Investigation Agency challenging the ord

"There is a state which is distributing UAPA (Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act) and sedition charges like a 'Prasad' from God we don't want to pray to," Swara Bhasker said.

The Supreme Court had on November 17 granted relief to three people who had filed a plea demanding the UAPA cases against them be cancelled.

No coercive action must be taken against journalist Shyam Meera Singh and two lawyers who had sought a Tripura Police case against them under the controversial anti-terror law UAPA be cancelled, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday.

Investigating officers of the Tripura police have, in separate letters to the Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube authorities sought details of the 101 accounts from which fake and provocative posts were made.

The Supreme Court has quashed the Kerala High Court order which discharged an accused, arrested for his alleged Maoist links, for the purported offences including sedition and under the provisions of the anti-terror law.

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Swapna Suresh in the UAPA case lodged by the NIA in connection with the sensational gold smuggling through diplomatic channel.

A Delhi court on Thursday said the mobile data which has been collected from several accused in the Delhi riots conspiracy case cannot be provided to the co-accused as it allegedly contains pornographic material and would hamper their privacy.

Two cases under the tough anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA, have been filed against medical students in Srinagar who celebrated Pakistan's maiden T20 World Cup victory against India on Sunday.

The court discharged all the accused saying they were "definitively using certain code" in reference to the incriminating messages but added that the use of words that the prosecution relies on were mere suspicion without evidence.