The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a plea by the Popular Front of India challenging its five-year ban under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi said that the organisation should approach the concerned High Court first.
On 28 September 2023, the Union government banned PFI and its associates including Campus Front of India, Rehab India Foundation, All India Imams Council, National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations, National Women’s Front, Junior Front, Empower India Foundation and Rehab Foundation, Kerala. The organisations were declared “unlawful associations” for a period of five years.
Several rights groups and Muslim organisations called the Union government ban on Popular Front of India “unconstitutional” and demanded the release of its leaders.
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