Union of India rep. by the Inspector of Police National Investigation Agency Chennai Branch vs Barakathullah Etc.

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2024 Supreme(SC) 503

BELA M. TRIVEDI, PANKAJ MITHAL
Union of India rep. by the Inspector of Police National Investigation Agency Chennai Branch – Appellant
Versus
Barakathullah Etc. – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Suryaprakash V Raju, A.S.G. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Srishti Mishra, Adv. Mrs. Satvika Thakur, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mrs. Sakshi Kakkar, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Karol, Adv. Mr. Annam Venkatesh, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Ms. Mukta Gupta, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rebecca John, Sr. Adv. Mr. S Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. Rizwan Ahmad, AOR Mr. A Nowfal, Adv. Mr. Nitya Gupta, Adv. Mr. Javed R Shaikh, Adv. Mr. Abdul Shukoor, Adv. Mr. Shereef Ka, Adv. Ms. Anushka Baruah, Adv. Mr. Devansh A. Mohta, Adv. Mr. A. Selvin Raja, AOR Mr. A. Raja Mohamed, Adv. Mr. V. S. Banu, Adv. Mr. Khalid Akthar, Adv.

1. Leave granted.

2. The Central Government in Ministry of Home Affairs, CTCR Division having received a credible information that the office bearers, members and cadres of Popular Front of India (PFI), an extremist Islamic organization have been spreading its extremist ideology across Tamil Nadu, by establishing State Headquarters at Purasaiwakkam, Chennai and also offices in various districts of Tamil Nadu and that through their frontal Organizations like Campus Front of India, National Women’s Front, Social Democratic Party of India etc., they conspire for committing terrorist acts, raise funds for committing terrorist activities and recruit members for furthering their extremist ideology, and that the frontal organizations and PFI were involved in the recruitment of members to various prescribed terrorist organizations, passed an order on 16th September 2022, in exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (5) of Section 6 read with Section 8 of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘NIA Act’), directing the National Investigation Agency to take up investigation of the said case. In view of the said order, an FIR being RC-42/2022/NIA/D

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2024 Supreme(SC) 503

BELA M. TRIVEDI, PANKAJ MITHALUnion of India rep. by the Inspector of Police National Investigation Agency Chennai Branch – AppellantVersusBarakathullah Etc. – Respondent

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BELA M. TRIVEDI, PANKAJ MITHAL
Union of India rep. by the Inspector of Police National Investigation Agency Chennai Branch – Appellant
Versus
Barakathullah Etc. – Respondent