Constitutional validity of UAPA challenged in Supreme court

Hyderabad: Challenging the constitutional validity of the impugned Unlawful Activities Prevention (Amendment ) Act of 2019 Nawab Mohammed Kazam Ali Khan, President of Ambedkar National Congress, has filed a Public Interest Petition in the Supreme Court of India and prayed the Court to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction to declare the impugned Act as unconstitutional being volatile of Article 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India and/or to pass any other appropriate order/relief in the interest of justice, equity and good conscience.

The writ petition No. 1317/2019 was filed under Article 32 expressed apprehension of being designated as 'terrorist' by the government's discretion would significantly endanger and limit the exercise of free expression secured under Article 19 of the Constitution. He submitted that the impugned Act is an exposition of disproportionate appropriation of legislative powers and it makes mockery of constitutionality prescribed and protected principles of fair trial ad rule of law, therefore the impugned act must be set aside.

The petitioner appealed that the Court shall pass such orders as deemed appropriate, to ensure that Constitutional guarantees made in the Fundamental Rights to the individuals are not put to shame and disguised in the garb of national security. He further said that Union Minister of Home Amit Shah had presented the Bill in Parliament on 8th July, 2019 and on the same day it received the consent of the President of India.