The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019: A qualitative study of the violation of individual’s fundamental rights.
On 19 June 2021, the supreme court issued a notice against the Delhi High court order granting bail to student activist Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita, and Asif Iqbal Tanha who had been charged under chapter IV of the UAPA under section 15, 17,and 18 [i] in a Northeast Delhi riots conspiracy case [ii] . Earlier on 15th June 2021, a bench compromising justices Sidharth Mridul and Anup Jairam Bhambhani granted bail to these 3 accused. On 23 June 2021, another activist named Akhil Gogoi was given clean chit who was also booked under UAPA. So, what is UAPA act? Who is a terrorist under UAPA? Whether one can challenge the constitutional validity of UAPA? Is it violate article 14, article 19, and article 21 of the Indian constitution? Let’s have a look at this act. The Unlawful Activities (Prevention)Act, 1967 The unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 is an enhancement of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act which is commonly known as...