Srinagar: The UAPA Tribunal has upheld the central authorities’s determination to increase the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir. Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir was declared an illegal group beneath the Illegal Actions Prevention Act (UAPA). A Delhi Excessive Court docket decide heading the tribunal permitted the Dwelling Ministry’s determination to increase the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami by 5 years.

The federal government had banned Jamaat-e-Islami for 5 years on February 28, 2019 after allegations of involvement in separatist actions. On February 28 this yr, the ban was prolonged by 5 years.