Search Results for Tag : Terror
International Cases
Apple: Welfare authority in a corporate veil?(22.02.2016)
Apple’s recent refusal to unlock an iDevice of persons suspected to have terrorist links by the United States government set off as much a furore as i.....
Tags : Apple, decrypt, iphone, terror links
Top Story
India-Australia Convened First Joint Steering Committee(06.10.2017)
The officials of India-Australia met for first Joint Steering Committee on 6th October, 2017. Shri TVSN Prasad, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home.....
Tags : Co-operation, Mutual, Terrorism, Combating
Out of the barrel and into the chamber(08.07.2016)
What started out as a petition against extra-judicial executions by the armed forces in the north-eastern states of the country roused the Supreme Cou.....
Tags : north east, fake encounter, human rights, proxy war, terrorism
Blast from the Past
Terrorist laws cannot curtail or erode a person of the fundamental rights(11.03.1994)
Terrorism, and the outpouring of solidarity in the aftermath, may have a lay understanding today, but an appreciation of laws that enable a response i.....
Tags : Terrorism, confession, mens rea, abetment
Statute
Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Bill, 2015(01.02.2016)
Gujarat’s Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Bill, 2015, passed by the State’s legislative assembly has been returned, for the third time, by a .....
Tags : Gujarat, terrorist, organized crime, bill, returned
Notifications & Circulars
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Public Statement dated June 24, 2016(20.09.2016)
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has called on its members and other jurisdictions to apply counter-measures to protect the international financ.....
Tags : Money laundering, Terrorist financing, Measures
News
Delhi HC Seeks Government’s Opinion over Private Sale of Army Apparels, Gears(07.12.2016)
Delhi High Court has said that private sale of army apparel and gear was a "serious issue" since these have been used by terrorists to strike at milit.....
Tags : Delhi High Court , army apparel, Private Sale, terrorists
Kar. HC: Individuals Not Members of Terrorist Organization Can Also be Prosecuted for Terrorist Act(06.07.2022)
Karnataka High Court has held that it is not necessary that a person being prosecuted for ‘terrorist act’ defined under Section 15 of the Unlawful Act.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, UAPA, Terrorist Act, Individual
Del. HC to Tihar Jail Superintendent: Produce Yasin Malik Through VC in NIA’s Appeal Against Him(04.08.2023)
Delhi High Court has directed Tihar jail superintendent to produce Yasin Malik through video conferencing during hearing of NIA’s appeal seeking death.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Yasin Malik, Terror Funding Case
Kar. HC: Attacking Police With Petrol Bottles Amounts to Terrorist Act Under UAPA(09.08.2022)
Karnataka High Court has held that use of petrol bottles while attacking police personnel and police stations by accused persons during the Bengaluru .....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, UAPA, Petrol Bottle, Terrorist Act
1993 Mumbai Serial Blasts Case: TADA Court Convicts Abu Salem, Five Others; Abdul Qayyum Acquitted(16.06.2017)
A Special Terrorism and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA) court has convicted Abu Salem and five others in 1993 Mumbai serial blast case and acquitted .....
Tags : Special Terrorism and Disruptive Activities Act, Abu Salem, Abdul Qayyum
SC Says, We Cannot Be Soft on Terror Accused(25.11.2015)
SC has refused to grant an interim release from Tihar jail on health grounds to Marie Emmanuelle Verhoeven, accused of murdering Chilean senator in te.....
Tags : SC, Chilean senator in terror strike in 1991
Bombay HC Seeks NIA’s Response over Discharge of Eight Accused in Malegaon Blast Case(29.11.2016)
Bombay High Court has directed NIA to file its affidavit in response to an appeal filed by Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) challenging discha.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Malegaon blasts, Anti-Terrorism Squad
Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Duo Plotting Terror Acts(06.12.2018)
Bombay High Court has upheld the conviction of two Mumbai-based men, who had conspired to carry out terrorist activities in various parts of the city.
Tags : Bombay High Court, Terror Attack
J&K&L HC Dismisses Accused' Appeal Claiming Plea of Juvenility(18.07.2022)
Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by an accused in the 2019 Pulwama Terror Attack, claiming that he was a juvenile at .....
Tags : Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court, Juvenile, Pulwama Terror Attack
Cal. HC: Misuse of Section 498A Unleashing New Legal Terrorism(22.08.2023)
Calcutta High Court while quashing a criminal proceeding has remarked that the legislature has enacted the provision of Section 498A to strike out the.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Section 498A, Legal Terrorism
Delhi HC Dismisses Zahoor Watali's Appeal Against Denial of Bail on Ground of Covid-19(23.08.2022)
Delhi High Court has dismissed appeal filed by Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali challenging the Trial Court order denying him bail last y.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Bail, Terror Funding
CIVIL - SC Dismisses Petition Seeking Probe by Retired SC Judge into Pulwama Terror Attack(26.02.2019)
Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking probe by a retired top court judge into Pulwama terror attack that left 40 jawan dead following a suici.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Pulwama Terror Attack
CRIMINAL - Pulwama Terror Attack Remarks: Gauhati HC Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail to Papri Banerjee(05.03.2019)
Gauhati High Court has granted interim anticipatory bail to Papri Banerjee, Assistant Professor at Icon College, accused of posting a controversial co.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, Papri Banerjee, Pulwama Terror Attack
Bombay HC Directs Transfer of Probe in Govind Pansare Murder Case to Anti-Terrorism Squad(04.08.2022)
Bombay High Court has held that it will pass orders transferring investigation into the 2015 murder of communist leader Govind Pansare from the Specia.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Govind Pansare, Anti-Terrorism
Anti-Terror Bill in Gujarat Gets President’s Assent(06.11.2019)
President has approved the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Bill passed the State Assembly in the year 2015. The Bill is aimed at figh.....
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MP HC Denies Anticipatory Bail to Man Who Allegedly Called RSS As Taliban Terrorist Organization(27.10.2021)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has denied anticipatory bail to one Atul Pastor who has been accused of making certain comments alleging Rashtriya Swayam Se.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Taliban Terrorist Organization
SC: Mere Support To Terrorist Organization Does Not Attract Section 38/39 UAPA(29.10.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that mere support given to a terrorist organization or mere association with it, is not sufficient to attract offences unde.....
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Delhi HC Orders Shifting of Kashmiri Separatist Leader to AIIMS After Cancer Diagnosis(06.10.2022)
Delhi High Court has directed RML Hospital and Tihar Jail authorities to ensure that the Kashmiri separatist leader Altaf Ahmad Shah, who has been in .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Kashmiri Separatist, Terror Funding
SC Denies Compensation Plea Filed by Akshardham Terror Attack Case Suspects(06.07.2016)
Supreme Court has denied plea for compensation by six persons for their wrongful arrest and prosecution in 2002 Akshardham terror attack case.
Tags : Supreme Court , Akshardham terror attack case
Kerala High Court: Cannot Implicate a Man As Terrorist Merely Because He Has Seen Certain Videos(14.05.2018)
Kerala High Court has observed that a person cannot be implicated as a terrorist merely because he has seen certain videos and speeches.
Tags : Kerala High Court, Terrorist
Delhi Court: Possession of Jihadi Literature No Offence Unless Philosophy Executed to Commit Acts(03.11.2022)
Delhi Court has held that mere possession of jihadi literature would not amount to an offence under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act unless there .....
Tags : Delhi Court, Jihadi Literature, Terrorist Act
Mad HC: Question that Killing of Hindu Religious Leaders Would Constitute Terrorist Act is Debatable(14.12.2023)
Madras High Court has noted that the question as to whether the killing of Hindu religious leaders by itself can constitute a terrorist act is debatab.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Hindu Religious Leaders, Terrorist Act
Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Denial of Police Custody Extension for Three Accused(03.01.2022)
Delhi High Court has issued notice on the plea filed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) challenging a Trial Court order which had rejected its app.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Jammu and Kashmir Terror Funding Case
Delhi High Court Rejects Businessman's Plea in Terror Funding Case(29.05.2019)
Delhi High Court has rejected the plea of UAE-based businessman Naval Kishore Kapoor challenging consideration of the supplementary chargesheet filed .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Terror Funding
SC: Mere Membership of Banned Organization Will Not Lead to Inference of Committing Terrorist Act(29.05.2019)
Supreme Court has rejected the challenge brought by Maharashtra Government against the Bombay High Court's order granting bail to alleged Maoist sympa.....
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SC Issues Contempt Notice Against Petitioner for Calling a Judge ‘Terrorist’(28.11.2022)
Supreme Court has directed the Registry to issue a show cause notice for initiating criminal contempt proceedings against a petitioner-in-person, who .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Terrorist, Contempt
Karnataka HC Convicts 5 to Life Imprisonment in 2005 IISc Terror Attack(11.05.2016)
Karnataka HC has convicted five persons to life imprisonment in Dec 28, 2005, terror attack at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru.
Tags : Karnataka HC, 2005 IISc Terror Attack
SC: No Right to Seek Parole or Premature Release for Terrorists(30.06.2016)
SC, while setting aside a P&H High Court judgment directing Gujarat Govt. to release life convict Lal Singh alias Manjit Singh on parole for 3 months.....
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SC Sets Aside Bail Granted to J&K Businessman in Terror Funding Case(03.04.2019)
Supreme Court has set aside the Delhi High Court order which granted bail to Jammu and Kashmir based influential businessman Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Terror Funding Case
Madras HC Confirms Detention of 5 Suspected Maoists under National Security Act(04.10.2016)
Madras HC has confirmed detention of 5 suspected Maoists, including a 42-year-old woman, under National Security Act on charges of furthering terror a.....
Tags : Madras HC, National Security Act, terror activities
Madras High Court: Do Not Identify Terrorist With His Religion(22.05.2019)
Madras High Court has cautioned against identifying a criminal with his/her religion, race, place of birth, residence and language in its order granti.....
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Ayodhya Terror Attack: Special Court Grants 4 Life Term(19.06.2019)
Special Court in Prayagraj has sentenced four of the accused to life imprisonment and acquitted one in the Ayodhya Terror Attack Case fourteen years a.....
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Bom. HC: No Police Mock Drills While Depicting Members of Particular Community as Terrorists(07.02.2023)
Bombay High Court while hearing a PIL seeks guidelines for police mock drills has directed that no mock drills be conducted depicting persons of a par.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Police Drills, Community, Terrorist
Bombay HC Dismisses NIA's Appeal to Set Aside Bail Granted to Bookie in Ambani Terror Scare Case(21.12.2021)
Bombay High Court has dismissed the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) appeal and refused to set aside the order granting bail to bookie Naresh Gau.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Ambani Terror Scare Case
Supreme Court: Terrorists involved in Killing Innocents Better Forget Family Ties(21.02.2017)
Supreme Court, while rejecting bail plea of a militant convicted in 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast case, has said that it would be better for terrorists invo.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Terrorists, 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast
Delhi Court Remands Khurram Parvez & Two Others To NIA Custody in Alleged Terror Funding Case(22.02.2022)
Delhi Court has remanded human rights activist Khurram Parvez and two others namely Muneer Ahmad Kataria and Arshid Ahmad Tonch to NIA custody till Fe.....
Tags : Delhi Court, Terror Funding Case
All. HC Grants Bail to Accued Allegedly from Al-Qaeda, in 2021 Lucknow Terror Conspiracy Case(05.04.2023)
Allahabad High Court has granted bail to an alleged al-Qaeda terrorist in 2021 pressure cooker bombing case in Lucknow.
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Bail, Lucknow Terror Conspiracy Case
Bombay HC Rejects Furlough Plea of Yakub Memon's Sister-in-law Rubina Memon(22.12.2016)
Bombay HC has refused to grant furlough leave to Rubina Memon who has been convicted and sentenced to suffer life imprisonment under Terrorist and Dis.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Yakub Memon, Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, furlough
J&K Terror Funding Case: NIA Court Sentences Life Imprisonment to Yasin Malik(26.05.2022)
Special NIA Court, Delhi has sentenced Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik to Life Imprisonment after he was convicted in connection with Jammu & K.....
Tags : NIA Court, Terror Funding, Life Imprisonment
Delhi HC Takes Cognizance of UAPA Against Activist Khurram Parvez & Others In Terror Funding Case(16.05.2022)
Delhi High Court took cognizance under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and other offences against Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram P.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Cognizance, Terror Funding Case
Del. HC Denies Default Bail to NSCN(IM) Leader Alemla Jamir in Terror Funding Case(03.05.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that case has progressed to the stage where part evidence has already been recorded, implying that the charge-sheet f.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Default Bail, NSCN(IM), Terror Funding
SC Refuses to Commute Death Sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana(03.05.2023)
Supreme Court has declined to commute the death penalty of BKI terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana to life imprisonment on the ground of long pendency of .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Death Sentence, BKI Terrorist
SC Seeks Evidence Suggesting Alleged Terror Links of Suspected LeT Operative(10.09.2020)
Supreme Court has granted two weeks to the National investigating Agency (NIA) for placing on record requisite evidence as to why Mohammad Irfan Gaus,.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Alleged Terror Links of Suspected LeT Operative
Terror Funding Case: Del. HC Issues Notice on NIA’S Plea Seeking Death Penalty for Yasin Malik(30.05.2023)
Delhi High Court has issued notice on plea moved by National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking death penalty for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Mal.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, National Investigation Agency, Terror Funding, Yasin Malik
Madhya Pradesh HC Seeks Report from ATS over Bhopal Encounter(04.11.2016)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notices to Government Advocate and Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) seeking a detailed report on 'encounter' of eight s.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Anti-Terrorist Squad, Bhopal Encounter
Delhi NIA Court Sentences 5 Convicts to 7 Years Imprisonment in Roorkee ISIS Module Case(03.06.2022)
Delhi Special NIA Court has sentenced five accused persons under UAPA in connection with the Roorkee ISIS module case relating to the conspiracy to es.....
Tags : NIA Court, UAPA, Terror, Roorkee ISIS Module
SC: Claims of Insurance Can't be Rejected on Definitions of Terrorism(03.05.2022)
Supreme Court has ruled that the parties, including insurance firms, cannot rely on definitions of terrorism in various penal laws to reject insurance.....
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Rajasthan HC: Smuggling of Gold Can't be Treated As Terrorist Act Under UAPA(09.05.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has observed that Customs Act, 1962 is not included in Schedule-II of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 and conseque.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Customs Act, 1962, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, Terrorist Act, bailable, Schedule-II