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Would Kasab have been granted bail over trial delay? Centre to Supreme Court, seeks reference of UAPA bail direction

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The Indian Express•May 22

Would Kasab have been granted bail over trial delay? Centre to Supreme Court, seeks reference of UAPA bail direction

With conflicting orders from two-judge benches of the Supreme Court on the question of bail to accused in cases under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the Centre on Friday strongly pressed for the.

Supreme Court judge flags misuse of UAPA, calls for tolerance of dissent | Today News

India

mint - news•Mar 23

Supreme Court judge flags misuse of UAPA, calls for tolerance of dissent | Today News

Supreme Court Judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan has asserted that the goal of a Viksit Bharat by 2047 cannot be achieved through criminalisation of dissent, mindless arrests under the anti-terror law UAPA and "deep social fault lines". Speaking at the first national conference of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) in Bengaluru on Sunday, Justice Bhuyan also lamented the poor representation of women in the higher judiciary. "Low convictions under UAPA show overuse, if not misuse, of the law," he said.

India•mint - news•Mar 19

Who is Matthew Aaron VanDyke? American 'freedom fighter' who fought in Libya, Ukraine now charged with UAPA in India | Today News

India arrested seven men late last week on charges of conspiring to carry out terrorist activities against India. When he was about 30 years old, his website says he was arrested by the then regime of Gaddafi in Libya, and was in prison for nearly six months, only being freed after rebel forces released prisoners who broke off the lock to his cell. 84 lakh followers on X, where he has claimed that he fought in Libya and Ukraine.

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