The petition said the amendments to the UAPA, which allows the govt to designate individuals as terrorists, infringed upon the fundamental right to dignity.
India declared LeT chief Hafiz Saeed, his deputy Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, and fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim as terrorists Wednesday under the new Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Saeed, Azhar, Ibrahim and Lakhvi have been designated terrorists under the amended Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act that was passed by Parliament last month.
Mokama MLA Anant Singh was booked under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act following the alleged recovery of an AK-47 from his home in Barh near Patna.
As the BJP-PDP government in Kashmir comes under attack from within the Sangh Parivar and opposition parties, Ram Madhav, National General Secretary of the BJP, says security forces are winning the war against terror in the Valley.
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Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
As per the constitution, it is courts which convict a person guilty of terrorism or terrorist after due process of trial but not the Government which declare somebody terrorist. By declaring Dawood and Hafeej Syed Govt is only rosy picture about the ammendment to Unlawful Activity Prevention Act… Otherwise it is actually targeted to harrass human rights activists whom this Givt already declared as Urban Naxalites.
As per the constitution, it is courts which convict a person guilty of terrorism or terrorist after due process of trial but not the Government which declare somebody terrorist. By declaring Dawood and Hafeej Syed Govt is only rosy picture about the ammendment to Unlawful Activity Prevention Act… Otherwise it is actually targeted to harrass human rights activists whom this Givt already declared as Urban Naxalites.