Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Oct 5: A tribunal dealing with matters under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) has upheld the Union Home Ministry’s ban on the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) as an unlawful association for another five years.
On March 15, 2024, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) extended the ban on JKLF, which is led by Yasin Malik, who is currently imprisoned on terror charges.
“Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (Mohd. Yasin Malik faction) has been indulging in activities, which are prejudicial to security and public order and have the potential of disrupting the unity and integrity of the country,” stated MHA notification released in March.
The UAPA tribunal presided by the Delhi High Court Judge Justice Neena Bansal Krishna has upheld this decision, observing that there is no room for associations that openly promote secessionism.
“In the framework of the Indian Constitution and the UA(P)A, there is no space for an association like the JKLF-Y which openly propagates secessionism, avowedly express dis-allegiance to the Constitution of India and undermines the territorial integrity and sovereignty of India,” the UAPA tribunal order said.
It added that the activities of the JKLF-Y had a toxic effect on maintenance of law and order in Jammu and Kashmir over the last several decades.
“The measure of stability that has come about after 2019 (as is evident from the reduced number of unconducive incidents) cannot be allowed to be jeopardized on account of continuing unlawful activities of JKLF-Y,” the order stated. (Agencies)
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