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Supreme Court judgments on Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967

21 judgments, latest first, from 2019 to 2026. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

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Gulfisha Fatima vs State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi)
SC · 5 January 2026
[2026] 1 S.C.R. 609 : 2026 INSC 2
Matter pertains to grant of bail to accused-appellants in relation to arrests made pursuant to Delhi Riots, 2020, considering the prolonged incarceration, and the constitutional plea u/Art.21 of the Constitution.
Union of India vs Saleem Khan
SC · 20 August 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 2050 : 2025 INSC 1008
Whether the High Court was justified in granting bail to accused no.11 and rejecting the same of accused no.20.
Harpreet Singh Talwar @ Kabir Talwar vs The State of Gujarat th. National Investigating Agency
SC · 13 May 2025
[2025] 6 S.C.R. 291 : 2025 INSC 662
Whether in the facts and circumstances of the case, the Appellant is entitled for regular bail.
Mohammed Asarudeen vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 6 May 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 707 : 2025 INSC 746
Whether the Special Court while dealing with an application under sub-section 2 of s.44 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 made in respect of a large number of witnesses, recorded the satifaction which is requ…
Tapas Kumar Palit vs State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 14 February 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 630 : 2025 INSC 222
Appellant in judicial custody for 5 years, no certainty as regards the time likely to take in conclusion of the trial. Whether the appellant is entitled to bail.
Athar Parwez vs Union of India
SC · 17 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 1093 : 2024 INSC 995
Appellant alleged to be an active member of the Popular Front of India (PFI) involved in planning to cause disturbance during the proposed visit of Prime Minister of India to Patna in 2022. Chargesheet filed against the…
Ankush Vipan Kapoor vs National Investigation Agency
SC · 16 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 1743 : 2024 INSC 986
Whether the NIA can investigate only the same accused who is present in the NIA investigation qua Scheduled Offences and for non-scheduled offence by virtue of Section 8 of the National Investigation Agency, 2008; In oth…
Fuleshwar Gope vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 23 September 2024
[2024] 10 S.C.R. 315 : 2024 INSC 718
Issue arose as to whether the validity of the Sanction Order can be challenged at any stage; whether violation of s.45(2) of the UAPA r/w rr.3 and 4 of the 2008 Rules, if any, vitiates the proceedings, whether violation…
Sheikh Javed Iqbal @ Ashfaq Ansari @ Javed Ansari vs State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 18 July 2024
[2024] 7 S.C.R. 1054 : 2024 INSC 534
High Court whether justified in denying bail to the appellant, an under-trial prisoner prosecuted under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 and Penal Code, 1860 who had been in custody for more than nine years.
Prabir Purkayastha vs State (NCT of Delhi)
SC · 15 May 2024
[2024] 6 S.C.R. 666 : 2024 INSC 414
Whether the arrest and subsequent remand of the accusedappellant was vitiated as the copy of the remand application was not provided to him or his counsel before passing of the order of remand thus, not informing him of…
The State of West Bengal vs Jayeeta Das
SC · 18 April 2024
[2024] 4 S.C.R. 640 : 2024 INSC 313
Whether the order dated 07.04.2022, whereby the Chief Judge cum City Sessions Court permitted the addition of the offences under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 to the case suffer from any illegality or infirm…
Shoma Kanti Sen vs The State of Maharashtra & Anr.
SC · 5 April 2024
[2024] 4 S.C.R. 270 : 2024 INSC 269
The appellant was detained on 06.06.2018. The appellant assails the order of a Division Bench of the High Court passed on 17.01.2023, disposing her application for bail with liberty to approach the Trial Court for filing…
Gurwinder Singh vs State of Punjab & Another
SC · 7 February 2024
[2024] 2 S.C.R. 134 : 2024 INSC 92
Whether the High Court was justified in upholding the order passed by the Special Judge, rejecting the application filed u/s. 439 CrPC by the appellant seeking regular bail in a case registered under the Unlawful Activit…
Case Details State of NCT of Delhi vs Raj Kumar @ Lovepreet @Lovely
SC · 3 January 2024
[2024] 1 S.C.R. 73 : 2024 INSC 11
The High Court granted default bail to the respondent u/s. 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Whether the High Court committed an error in allowing the petition and granting default bail to the respondent.
Vernon vs The State of Maharashtra & Anr.
SC · 28 July 2023
[2023] 10 S.C.R. 867 : 2023 INSC 655
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 – Chapters IV and VI- ss.16, 17, 18, 18B, 20, 38, 39, 40 and ss.13, 43D(5) – Denial of bail – When not justified – Bhima-Koregaon violence – FIR – Scope of the investigation was…
Kekhriesatuo Tep etc. vs National Investigation Agency
SC · 12 April 2023
[2023] 3 S.C.R. 523 : 2023 INSC 362
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 – ss. 39, 40, 43D(5) – Bail under –Special Judge found that appellants had not voluntary succumbed to the demands of the organization and investigating agency admitted that accu…
Arup Bhuyan vs State of Assam & Anr.
SC · 24 March 2023
[2023] 8 S.C.R. 496 : 2023 INSC 292
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 – ss.10(a)(i), 3 and 4 – s.10(a)(i) provides that where an association is declared unlawful by a notification issued u/s.3 which has become effective under sub-section 3 of that…
Waheed-Ur-Rehman Parra vs Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir
SC · 25 February 2022
[2022] 2 S.C.R. 102 : 2022 INSC 240
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss.173(6), 207 and 161 – Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 – s.44 – Whether in the case of certain witnesses being declared as protected witnesses in the exercise of powers u/s…
Bikramjit Singh vs The State of Punjab
SC · 12 October 2020
[2020] 12 S.C.R. 875 : 2020 INSC 589
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s. 167 – Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302, 307, 452, 427, 341, 34 – Arms Act, 1959 – s.25 – Explosive Substances Act, 1908 – ss. 3,4,5,6 – Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 – s. 13 –…
National Investigation Agency vs Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali
SC · 2 April 2019
[2019] 5 S.C.R. 1060 : 2019 INSC 456
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 – Chapters IV & VI – ss.13, 16, 17, 18, 20 and 38-40 – Respondent was named as Accused No.10 in the FIR registered for offences punishable u/ss.120B, 121 and 121A of IPC and ss.…
The State of Maharashtra vs Surendra Pundlik Gadling & Ors.
SC · 13 February 2019
[2019] 3 S.C.R. 310 : 2019 INSC 188
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 – s.43D(2)(b), proviso – Claim of respondents/detenues for default bail based on the plea of non-fulfilment of requirement of proviso to s.43D(2)(b) – In the instant case, appli…

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