Tag: UAPA

Serving as an under trial prisoner since 2020 and not convicted so far, Sharjeel Imam, taken into custody after the anti-CAA movements when activists associated with the movement were being arrested, has completed more than half of the maximum sentence that the cases against him suggest

While some bail pleas were swiftly addressed, many languished. A retrospective of 2023: Did the courts adequately safeguard the dwindling right to liberty for India's citizens?

Release jailed editors, drop criminal charges, stop muzzling media through draconian laws, and enact a law to protect journalists from persecution: NAJ, DUJ, KUJ and others; several unions of working journalists have appealed strongly for enactment of a law to protect media persons from false prosecutions and enactment of the Wage Board and establishment of a Media Commission of India

The Court held that there was no prima facie case made out against accused under UAPA and Arms Act, granted relief of bail; allegations suggested that the accused was planning to commit some terrorist acts based on relations with Pakistan

The Union Home Affairs Ministry notification issued Monday, November 13m said the organisations were banned for five years for their “anti-national activities, and launching fatal attacks on security forces.”

These are critical times in India’s history: in fact,...

This is only the last in a series of questionable detentions that have also taken place in Kashipur; the police appears to be protesting Adivasi human rights defenders (HRDs) from the Dongria Kondh tribe

The Modi government has a poor record of jailing civil rights activists and political dissenters, amounting to silencing of dissent

Supreme Court bench granted the duo, arrested under UAPA in the Bhima Koregaon case, bail stating that while the charges against the two accused are serious, that alone cannot be the reason for denying bail

Apart from the Unlawful Activities (prevention) Act (UAPA), there are other Central as well as State level legislations that deal with offences related to “security of the nation” and other related matters, and within this matrix accord unbridled powers to the government and its agencies.