New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a batch of eight petitions challenging the provisions of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) to be withdrawn and granted liberty to the petitioners to approach the respective high courts.
The development came a day after a bench of justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal gave time to the petitioners to take instructions on whether they wish to pursue their cases pertaining to the anti-terror law before the top court or approach the high court first.
"The counsel for petitioners seek permission to withdraw the petitions and approach the concerned high courts within two weeks. Permission to withdraw is granted. Needless to say, the petitioner will be at libe...