While hearing the matter in November last year, the SC had sought responses from the Uttar Pradesh government and others on the plea and said, "By way of ad-interim order, no coercive steps be taken against the petitioner qua Gangster Act." "It requires consideration," the bench said, adding that a separate plea challenging the constitutional validity of certain provisions of …
Recently in June 2023, Mukhtar Ansari, Ex-UP MLA, was awarded a life sentence in the 32-year-old Awadesh Narain murder case. Last year, a special MP/MLA Court of Ghazipur convicted him under The Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities Act, 1986, sentencing him to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of Rupees 5 Lakh. Notable Judgements Single Crime Enough to Invoke …
Uttar Pradesh : Authorities attached properties worth Rs 200 crore of former Bahujan Samaj Party MLC Haji Iqbal under the Gangsters Act on Wednesday. Iqbal has been booked for illegal mining and cheating and under the provisions of the Gangsters Act, and a reward of Rs 50,000 has been announced for information leading to his arrest. Saharanpur Senior Superintendent of …
The Gautam Buddh Nagar police on Sunday said it has attached 10 vehicles, including a Range Rover, pegged at worth Rs 2 crore and belonging to builders allegedly involved in illegal construction in Greater Noida's Shahberi area. There are eight cars and two two-wheelers which have been attached under the Gangsters Act," Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central Noida, Ankur …
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