[Reader-list] Supporting Maoists ?

[geeta seshu]

hi...apart from a definition of 'supporting', I've been checking for Sec 39
and the UAPA doesn't even have one! Unless i'm reading the wrong act...

Chidambaram is a lawyer, so he can't make such a big mistake....so can some
legal expert enlighten us?

Geeta




On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Pheeta Ram <pheeta.ram at gmail.com> wrote:

> I wonder what happened in that "prominent" university PC visited day before
> yesterday. The notification has come right after his visit. What infuriated
> PC so much?
>
> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Jeebesh <jeebesh at sarai.net> wrote:
>
> > dear All,
> >
> > Here is a new notification from Home ministry. Be prepared for an
> > extremely complicated unfolding around what would constitute
> > "supporting". The orbit is becoming larger and it is not just the
> > world out their in the forest.
> >
> > warmly
> > jeebesh
> >
> > Supporting Maoists will invite 10 year jail
> > Friday - May 07, 2010, 08:58am (GMT+5.5)
> >
> > New Delhi (IANS) Those who speak in favour of Maoist guerrillas will
> > face legal action and 10 years imprisonment, the government announced
> > Thursday in a warning to civil society groups who raise voices in
> > favour of Leftwing extremism.
> >
> > "Any person who commits the offence of supporting such a terrorist
> > organisation (like Communist Party of India (CPI)-Maoist) with inter
> > alia intention to further the activities of such terrorist
> > organisations would be liable to be punished with imprisonment for a
> > term not exceeding 10 years or with fine or with both," a home
> > ministry statement said.
> >
> > It said such action would be taken under Section 39 of the Unlawful
> > Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
> >
> > The home ministry said the government has noticed that some Maoist
> > leaders were directly contacting certain NGOs and intellectuals to
> > propagate their ideology and "persuade them to take steps (and)
> > support the CPI-Maoist ideology".
> >
> > "General public are informed to be extremely vigilant of the
> > propaganda of CPI-Maoist and not unwittingly become a victim of such
> > propaganda," the statement warned.
> >
> > The Leftwing extremist group and all its front organizations have been
> > designated as terrorist organisations by the government.
> >
> > According to the ministry, the "sole aim" of the CPI-Maoist is to
> > overthrow the Indian state.
> >
> > It "continues to kill innocent civilians including tribals in cold
> > blood and destroy crucial infrastructure like roads, culverts, school
> > buildings, gram panchayat buildings so as to prevent development
> >
> >
> > http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/national/52381/
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