New Delhi : A tribunal under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) on Saturday confirmed the Centre’s decision to impose a five-year ban on the Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (Masarat Alam faction) and Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, Jammu and Kashmir.
The one-member tribunal, led by Delhi High Court judge Sachin Datta, was constituted in January to determine whether there was “sufficient cause” for the ban. The tribunal’s confirmation upholds the government’s decision.
The Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (Masarat Alam faction) was outlawed for five years on December 27, 2023, under the UAPA. The government cited the organisation’s involvement in anti-national and secessionist activities within the Union Territory as the primary reason for the ban.
Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, founded by the late separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, was similarly banned for five years on December 31, 2023. The organisation was accused of fomenting terrorism and spreading anti-India propaganda in Jammu and Kashmir.
Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati and advocate Rajat Nair represented the government in the tribunal proceedings.
