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Why UAPA cases fall flat in courts


Why UAPA cases fall flat in courts
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Just about a third of all cases registered under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967, or UAPA, lead to conviction. In most cases, the prosecution fails to prove charges or, as in the latest case against environment advocacy group Fridays for Future, the anti-terrorism law is “mistakenly” invoked.
There has been a rise in the use of UAPA over the past few years. Delhi Police have booked students from Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia against the backdrop of the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests, Pinjra Tod activists after the Delhi riots and environment NGO Fridays for Future, which had been campaigning against the draft Environmental Impact Assessment notification, “inadvertently.” Those using VPN in Kashmir were booked under the law, as were those protesting in Assam against the Citizenship Amendment Act. ....

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