Supreme Court upholds Section 10(a)(i) of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, which rules that mere membership of a banned association was sufficient to constitute an offence under UAPA or Terrorism and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, unless accompanied by some overt violent incident
The UAPA Tribunal on Tuesday upheld the ban imposed by the Central government on Muslim political organisation Popular Front of India (PFI) and several of its associates under the stringent provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, for their alleged involvement in terror-related activities