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Kerala man booked under UAPA over offensive comment on Pahalgam terror victim's daughter's video
India | Jul 06, 2026, 04:33 PM ISTThe case was originally registered last year by the Muttam Police in Kollam following a complaint filed by a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) leader.
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Centre designates 23 Pakistan-based individuals linked to JeM, LeT as 'terrorists' under UAPA
India | Jul 04, 2026, 10:47 AM ISTThe notification lists a total of 23 individuals who have been linked to various terrorist activities. According to the government, all these individuals have been involved in activities such as terrorist recruitment, training, funding, arms supply, infiltration, and the execution of terror attacks.
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Asiya Andrabi, Kashmiri separatist leader, gets life term by Delhi court in UAPA case
India | Mar 24, 2026, 04:57 PM ISTThe three women had earlier been found guilty on January 14 under several provisions of the UAPA. These included Section 20, which deals with membership of a terrorist organisation, Section 38 related to association with such groups, and Section 39 concerning support to terrorist organisations.
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Government declares 23 organisations as unlawful under UAPA in the last five years. Check list
India | Dec 02, 2025, 11:52 PM ISTThe Government of India has released an updated list of 23 organisations declared as Unlawful Associations over the past five years under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the government follows a “zero-tolerance policy."
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CAA protests fuelled for regime change, deliberately planned during Trump's visit: Delhi Police
India | Nov 20, 2025, 03:57 PM ISTA group of activists, including Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider and Rehman, remain in custody after being charged under the UAPA and sections of the IPC. Investigators claim the five played a key role in planning the violence that shook Delhi in 2020.
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J-K: Hizbul Mujahideen chief Mohammad Yousuf Shah declared proclaimed offender by Baramulla court
Jammu and Kashmir | Oct 17, 2025, 06:49 AM ISTThe Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Sopore has declared Shah a proclaimed offender under Section 153-B of the Ranbir Penal Code for making statements harmful to national integration, and under Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code for issuing criminal threats.
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SC issues notice to Delhi Police after HC denies bail to Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid in UAPA case
India | Sep 22, 2025, 04:27 PM ISTThe petitioners– Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid, Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider and Shifa Ur Rehman– had challenged the Delhi High Court’s decision denying them bail in an alleged larger conspiracy case during 2020 north-east Delhi riots.
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UAPA tribunal upholds ban on JKIM, cites threat to India’s sovereignty
India | Sep 19, 2025, 01:03 PM ISTThe tribunal relied on a wide range of evidence, including FIRs, intelligence inputs, testimonies from Jammu and Kashmir officials, social media content, and documents obtained from JKIM’s own outlets.
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Bombay HC upholds constitutional validity of UAPA, dismisses petition challenging anti-terror law
India | Jul 17, 2025, 05:29 PM ISTThe petition was filed by Anil Baburao Bhele, who was issued a notice in 2020 in connection with the Elgar Parishad case.
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Srinagar police intensifies crackdown on terrorist associates amid ongoing UAPA investigation
Jammu and Kashmir | May 13, 2025, 08:35 PM ISTThe searches were conducted in accordance with proper legal procedures in the presence of Executive Magistrates and independent witnesses under the supervision of the officers of Jammu and Kashmir Police.
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Beed Mosque Explosion: AIMIM's Waris Pathan Demands Strict Action For Accused Under UAPA Laws
News | Mar 31, 2025, 01:26 PM ISTAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) national spokesperson Waris Pathan has requested the Maharashtra government to impose strict unlawful activities prevention act (UAPA) laws against those responsible for the explosion at a mosque in Beed, urging severe punishment for the accused.
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J-K: 'Terrorist supporters to be dealt under much harsher Enemy Agents Ordinance', says DGP Swain
Jammu and Kashmir | Jun 24, 2024, 08:25 AM ISTJ-K DGP RR Swain made these statements after the Union Territory witnessed a fresh wave of terror incidents in the last two weeks. The crackdown on terror elements has intensified after the incidents.
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UAPA tribunal imposes five year ban on Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, Muslim League Jammu and Kashmir faction
India | Jun 22, 2024, 06:08 PM ISTFounded by deceased separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Tehreek-e-Hurriyat was outlawed for five years on December 31, 2023. The organisation was banned for fomenting terrorism and spreading anti-India propaganda in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Delhi Lt Governor Saxena grants prosecution of author Arundhati Roy under UAPA
Delhi | Jun 14, 2024, 07:51 PM ISTArundhati Roy had allegedly made provocative speeches at a conference organised under the banner of 'Azadi - The Only Way' on October 21, 2010, at LTG Auditorium, Copernicus Marg.
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Supreme Court orders release of NewsClick founder and Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha
India | May 15, 2024, 11:06 AM ISTThe Special Cell of Delhi Police had arrested NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and Chakravarty on October 3 last year and both of them are currently in judicial custody.
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Yasin Malik faction's J-K Peoples Freedom League designated as 'unlawful organisation' for 5 years
Jammu and Kashmir | Mar 16, 2024, 11:24 AM ISTAccording to the Ministry of Home Affairs, four factions of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League (JKPL) have been indulging in unlawful activities. Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the Modi government will remain unsparing towards organisations involved in terror activities.
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Jammu Kashmir National Front banned by govt under UAPA: Order
Jammu and Kashmir | Mar 12, 2024, 09:36 PM ISTThe ban has been enforced under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, allowing the government to take stringent actions against organisations deemed to be a threat to national security.
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MHA declares PoK-based LeT member Mohammad Qasim Gujjar designated terrorist under UAPA
India | Mar 07, 2024, 06:21 PM ISTThe Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 has been enacted to provide for more effective prevention of certain unlawful activities of individuals and associations and for dealing with terrorist activities and for matters connected.
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17 organisations declared as unlawful associations under UAPA: Centre in Lok Sabha | Check list
India | Feb 06, 2024, 05:04 PM ISTIn the exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), the Central Government has the jurisdiction to designate any organization as an unlawful association.
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Modi government extends ban on SIMI for five years under UAPA
India | Jan 29, 2024, 06:09 PM ISTAmong the terror acts in which SIMI members were allegedly involved are blasts in Gaya in 2017, M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore in 2014, and jail break in Bhopal in 2014.