New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved its order on the maintainability of a petition filed by the banned organisation Popular Front of India (PFI), challenging the UAPA Tribunal's decision to uphold a five-year ban imposed by the Central Government.

The matter was heard by a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela. The hearing focused on whether the High Court has jurisdiction to entertain the appeal under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution, or whether the challenge should be made directly to the Supreme Court under Article 136 of the Constitution.

Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S.V. Raju, representing the Union Government, strongly objected to the...