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Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967

The UAPA is the primary central legislation for designating organizations as "unlawful associations" and combating terrorist activities in India. In November 2023, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) declared nine Meitei extremist organizations as unlawful associations under the UAPA for a period of five years, citing their involvement in secessionist, subversive, and terrorist activities aimed at establishing an independent nation through armed struggle and secession of Manipur from India.

Key details
  • Enacted: 1967; Major amendments: 2004, 2008, 2012, 2019
  • Section 3: Power to declare associations as unlawful (by Central Government notification in Official Gazette)
  • Section 35: Designation of terrorist organizations (First Schedule)
  • 2019 Amendment: Empowered government to designate individuals as terrorists (not just organizations)
  • Tribunal under Section 5: Reviews ban within 6 months; ban valid for 5 years, renewable
  • Organizations banned in November 2023 include: PLA and its political wing RPF, UNLF, PREPAK and its armed wing Red Army, KCP and its armed wing Red Army, among nine Meitei groups
  • Grounds for ban: "Secessionist, subversive, terrorist and violent activities" threatening sovereignty and integrity of India
In the news

● Tracked since February 15, 2026 · last seen August 22, 2026 · updates as the daily brief publishes

22 Aug '26
NIA searches 10 J&K locations linked to Pakistan-based LeT handlers
Internal Security
06 Jul '26
Pahalgam terror attack: NIA names LeT chief Hafiz Saeed as accused in supplementary chargesheet
Internal Security
04 Jul '26
Operative behind recce of Ram temple and RSS HQ, Hafiz Saeed's relative in designated terrorist list
Internal Security
26 Jun '26
In a first, Canada intel agency blames ‘Khalistanis’ for 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing that killed 329
Internal Security
19 Jun '26
NIA arrests 10 accused in Manipur ethnic violence cases
Internal Security
24 May '26
Assam Police busts inter-state ‘terror funding’ network; 5 held
Internal Security
13 May '26
‘Shot in the arm’: NIA arrests Hizbul terror funding accused Iqbal Singh Shera after Portugal extradition
Internal Security
28 Apr '26
Police arrest ‘ISI-backed Khalistanis who triggered low intensity bomb on railway track’
Internal Security
26 Mar '26
India rejects Pakistan’s condemnation of life term to Kashmiri separatist Asiya Andrabi
Internal Security
24 Mar '26
SC: Trials in UAPA cases must be completed in 1 year
Polity & Governance
24 Mar '26
'Hatched conspiracy to secede Kashmir from India': Why J&K separatist Asiya Andrabi got life term in UAPA case
Internal Security
22 Mar '26
UAPA misuse not a model for Viksit Bharat: SC judge
Polity & Governance
19 Mar '26
Phones of 7 foreigners, ‘involved’ in conspiracy against India, sent for data analysis; Delhi court remands them to NIA custody
Internal Security
22 Feb '26
From posters in Delhi to raids in Tamil Nadu & Bengal: How cops busted Pakistan-based terror plot in India
Internal Security
15 Feb '26
Three militants, including two women, arrested in Manipur
Internal Security
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