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2024 Haldwani violence: As Supreme Court cancels default bail of 2, a look at other accused and bail orders
May 09, 2026 4:11 am
89 people had been picked up in the wake of violence over a demolition drive that left 5 dead. In successive bail orders, HC has noted delay, or pointed to lack of evidence
‘Mechanical’ extension of UAPA custody violates liberty: Supreme Court grants bail to Jharkhand accused
May 08, 2026 3:18 pm
The Supreme Court held that such extension of time granted to the probe agency affects an accused person’s “indefeasible right” to default bail and therefore requires strict judicial scrutiny.
'Lone wolf' attack case: ATS invokes UAPA; accused has schizophrenia, his lawyer tells court
May 05, 2026 10:56 am
Zaib Zubair Ansari has been charged under section 16 (punishment for terrorist act) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan calls for more tolerance for dissent, says some in judiciary ‘more loyal than the king’
March 23, 2026 8:11 pm
Speaking at the Supreme Court Bar Association’s (SCBA) conference in Bengaluru, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said several criminal cases and FIRs have recently been registered, including for ‘trivial matters such as public demonstrations and agitations, sometimes even by students’.
Why Punjab gave an exemption from prosecution to gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, first to be named in UAPA FIR
January 23, 2026 6:14 pm
After the Punjab Government declined sanction to prosecute Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) alleged that “this proves that the AAP government is in fact shaking hands with gangsters who have ruined Punjab".
Kashmiri separatist Asiya Andrabi, two aides convicted in terror case by Delhi court
January 14, 2026 4:30 pm
Andrabi was arrested in 2018 for allegedly using various platforms to spread “insurrectionary imputations and hateful speeches” that endangered integrity of India.
SC refuses to engage with the question: What did Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam mastermind?
January 14, 2026 12:07 pm
The judgment denying them bail presents the bureaucratic state as fumbling with “complex proceedings”, and nods in sympathy
SC denies bail to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam: What courts have said earlier on UAPA and prolonged incarceration
January 05, 2026 4:35 pm
The Supreme Court has ruled on the bail pleas of several activists accused in the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots conspiracy case. While the verdict offers relief to some, it reinforces a stringent stance on others under the UAPA.
‘Delay tactics’: Karnataka High Court denies bail to UAPA accused, flags 190+ applications, changing lawyers
December 23, 2025 8:16 am
UAPA accused bail rejected: Justices K S Mudagal and Venkatesh Naik T observed that the accused were following a pattern of invariably filing consecutive applications for bail, interim bail, etc., and frequently changing advocates.
Underlining need for speedy trials in UAPA cases, SC says nation’s security paramount
December 12, 2025 4:42 am
The bench was hearing a CBI appeal challenging the November 9, 2022, order of the Calcutta High Court granting bail to six men accused in the case lodged in connection with the derailment of Jnaneshwari Express in West Bengal.
UAPA VIDEOS
2008 Malegaon blasts: Lt Col Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur charged with terror conspiracy murder
June 22, 2020 6:12 pm
A special NIA court charged all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case with terror conspiracy, murder and other related offences. This includes Lt Col Prasad Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur.
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