Tribunals uphold ban on two J&K groups, including Mirwaiz Farooq's Awami Action Committee

Two Delhi High Court Tribunals have upheld the ban imposed on the Awami Action Committee (AAC) headed by Kashmir's influential cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and the Shia leader Masroor Abbas Ansari-led Jammu and Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (JKIM) by the Centre.

The Tribunals, headed by the same judge —Justice Sachin Datta— observed that material and evidence placed before it found that there is ample justification to declare the two groups as unlawful associations under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967.