The Delhi High Court will hear the Centre’s objections on July 14 regarding the Popular Front of India (PFI)’s challenge of a UAPA Tribunal decision that upheld a five-year ban on the organization for alleged terrorism links. The PFI seeks judicial review after multiple hearing delays.
Yasin Malik, a separatist leader, testified in a UAPA tribunal that he has forsaken armed conflict for non-violence, adopting a “Gandhian way” since 1994 to achieve a “united, independent Kashmir.” Despite his claims, the tribunal declared his organization, JKLF-Y, unlawful due to ongoing connections with terrorism, as Malik serves life imprisonment.
The Indian Government has formed a UAPA Tribunal, led by Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora of the Delhi High Court, to assess the continuation of the LTTE ban for another 5 years. The Ministry of Home Affairs cited the LTTE’s persistence in promoting separatism and anti-India propaganda as grounds for the extension.