S.8 UAPA | Intent Of Notifying Place 'Used For Unlawful Association' Is Not To Seize Properties Of Innocent Owners: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has recently observed that the intent of notifying a place under Section 8 of the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967, is to ensure that it is not used for unlawful activities and is not to seize properties of innocent owners who are neither members of the unlawful association nor involved in unlawful activities.Section 8 of the UAPA grants power to the. The Delhi High Court has recently observed that the intent of notifying a place under Section 8 of the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967, is to ensure that it is not used for unlawful activities and is not to seize properties of innocent owners who are neither members of the unlawful association nor involved in unlawful activities. Section 8 of the UAPA grants power to the Central Government to notify any place, which in its opinion, is used for unlawful association which has been declared unlawful under the enactment. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora made the observation while dealing with a plea challenging Central Government's notification notifying a property situated in city's Jamia Nagar area as being used for carrying out activities of Popular Front of India and its associates.