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New Delhi: Two Delhi High Court tribunals have upheld the ban imposed by the Centre on the Awami Action Committee headed by Kashmir’s influential cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Shia leader Masroor Abbas Ansari-led Jammu and Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen.

The tribunals, headed by the same judge -- Justice Sachin Datta -- observed that based on the material and evidence placed before them, there is ample justification to declare the two groups as unlawful associations under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

“Thus, this Tribunal, having followed the procedure laid down in the UAPA and its Rules and having independently and objectively

appreciated and evaluated the material and evidence on record, is of the firm and considered view that there is sufficient cause for decl

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