The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday allocated powers to all the states and the Union Territory (UT) administrations to take action against the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) outfit under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
The move comes almost seven days after the Ministry renewed the ban on the SIMI as an ‘unlawful association’ under UAPA for five more years.
In the order, the MHA directed that all powers exercisable by it under sections 7 and 8 of the UAPA shall also be exercised by the state governments and the UT administration in relation to the two banned organisations.
“Whereas, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 3 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), the Central Government declared the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), to be an unlawful association vide notification number S.O. 354(E), dated the 29th January 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section-3, Sub-section (ii), dated the 29th January, 2024;
