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Less than 3% arrests under UAPA led to conviction between 2015 and 2020, shows PUCL draft report

The People’s Union of Civil Liberties study also shed light on loose definitions of provisions in the law and the problems with data presented by the Centre.

Scroll Staff
· Sep 16, 2022 · 05:25 pm
‘UAPA used to crush dissent’: Former civil servants challenge provisions of law in Supreme Court

The petitioners submitted that the rate of prosecution in UAPA cases was extremely low.

Scroll Staff
· Nov 18, 2021 · 08:34 am
In seven years, 10,552 Indians have been arrested under UAPA – but only 253 convicted

The number of pending cases under the counter-terror law have been rising in the last seven years.

Gautam Doshi, FactChecker.in
· Nov 15, 2021 · 01:30 pm

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