The Latest Breaking News from UAPA

German bakery blast case: UAPA court in Pune seeks schedule to start trial against Yasin Bhatkal

PUNE: A special UAPA court in Pune has directed the state prosecution to file affidavits of witnesses and submit a programme by May 30 to commence the trial against Yasin Bhatkal in the German bakery blast case.

The Times of India · May 29, 2022

2020 Delhi riots: In jail for two years on basis of hearsay statement of witness, says Khalid to HC

NEW DELHI: Former JNU student Umar Khalid, arrested in a UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the riots here in February 2020, Tuesday contended before the Delhi High Court that he has been in jail for the last two years based on a protected witness' hearsay statement which…

The Times of India · May 24, 2022

Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik convicted by Delhi court in terror funding case

Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik had told the court that he was not contesting the charges levelled against him that included Section 16, 17, 18 and 20 of the UAPA and Sections 120-B and 124-A of the IPC.

The Hindu · May 19, 2022

UP ATS gets 7-day custody remand of Gorakhnath Temple attack accused

LUCKNOW: The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) court in Lucknow granted seven-day police custody remand of Murtaza Abbasi under the provisions of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in connection with his alleged links with middle-East based terror outfits. Abbasi was arrested shortly after he attacked policemen at the gates Gorakshnath Temple and…

The Times of India · Apr 25, 2022

J&K HC says no freedom of speech for stating Kashmir under military occupation: Bar and Bench report

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh last week held that statements that Kashmir is occupied by the military or that people of the region have been reduced to slaves would not be protected by the right to freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a) of the…

Newslaundry · Apr 25, 2022

Gold smuggling case remains dormant

SC yet to consider NIA’s appeal against granting bail to accused

The Hindu · Apr 24, 2022

UAPA slapped on Gorakhpur temple attack accused

The ATS cited inputs it got from interrogation as well as electronic and financial transactions for imposing relevant sections of the UAPA against the accused Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi

The Hindu · Apr 16, 2022

Uttar Pradesh: Gorakhpur temple attack accused slapped with UAPA

GORAKHPUR: The stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) has been invoked against the accused in the Goraknath Temple attack case. The Anti-terror Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh Police, which is investigating the case, produced accused Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate(ACJM) on Saturday.

The Times of India · Apr 16, 2022

Time ideal to amend UAPA: rights group

It cites reduction in violent incidents including left–wing extremism

The Hindu · Apr 13, 2022

Full list of individuals designated as ‘terrorist’ under the UAPA

Jaish-e-Mohammed’s Mohiuddin Aurangzeb Alamgir is the latest to be added to a list of 33 individuals declared terrorists under UAPA. 

The Hindu · Apr 11, 2022