{"id":206948,"date":"2026-08-04T10:07:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T05:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=206948"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T05:07:05","slug":"delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/04\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html","title":{"rendered":"Delhi court seeks NIA response on appeals by Aasiya, associates against unlawful sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-206949\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Asia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"711\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Asia.jpg 711w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Asia-246x220.jpg 246w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Asia-525x470.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sought the stand of India\u2019s National Investigation Agency (NIA) on appeals filed by Kashmiri political leader Aasiya Andrabi and her two associates challenging their unlawful sentences under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, a bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Vikas Mahajan condoned the delay in filing the appeals against the special NIA court verdict and said it would issue notice to the investigating agency. The court gave time till September 15 to the NIA to reply to their pleas seeking suspension of sentence and listed the matter for hearing on October 6.<\/p>\n<p>Andrabi, 62, founder of Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM), along with her close aides Nahida Nasreen, 58, and Sofi Fehmeeda, 48, were sentenced by the special NIA court on January 14. The trial court said the trio had orchestrated what it called a \u201csystematic campaign to destabilise\u201d India and IIOJK.<\/p>\n<p>On March 24, the trial court awarded life imprisonment to Andrabi, while Fehmeeda and Nasreen were sentenced to 30 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The three were formally charged in February 2021 under multiple sections of UAPA and the Indian Penal Code. The NIA had alleged that they plotted to wage war against India.<\/p>\n<p>The NIA registered the case against Andrabi and her associates in April 2018 on directions of the Indian Home Ministry. The agency alleged that DeM was using media platforms to spread \u201chateful speeches\u201d and was openly advocating freedom of Jammu and Kashmir. Andrabi was arrested by Indian police in Islamabad town in April 2018 and has remained in detention since then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sought the stand of India\u2019s National Investigation Agency (NIA) on appeals filed by Kashmiri political leader Aasiya Andrabi and her two associates challenging their unlawful sentences under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). According to Kashmir Media Service, a bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Vikas &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":206949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-206948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir","tag-top-story"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Delhi court seeks NIA response on appeals by Aasiya, associates against unlawful sentence &#062; Kashmir Media Service<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/04\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Delhi court seeks NIA response on appeals by Aasiya, associates against unlawful sentence &#062; Kashmir Media Service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sought the stand of India\u2019s National Investigation Agency (NIA) on appeals filed by Kashmiri political leader Aasiya Andrabi and her two associates challenging their unlawful sentences under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). According to Kashmir Media Service, a bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Vikas &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/04\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kashmir Media Service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-04T05:07:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Asia.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"711\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"636\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"webadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"webadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/04\\\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/04\\\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"webadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/883975b5acf9316fe91b838bbcb447ab\"},\"headline\":\"Delhi court seeks NIA response on appeals by Aasiya, associates against unlawful sentence\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-04T05:07:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/04\\\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html\"},\"wordCount\":270,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/04\\\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/assests\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/Asia.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Top Story\"],\"articleSection\":[\"IIOJK in focus\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/04\\\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/04\\\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html\",\"name\":\"Delhi court seeks NIA response on appeals by Aasiya, associates against unlawful sentence &#062; Kashmir Media Service\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/04\\\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/04\\\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/assests\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/Asia.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-04T05:07:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/883975b5acf9316fe91b838bbcb447ab\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/04\\\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/04\\\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/04\\\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/assests\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/Asia.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/assests\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/Asia.jpg\",\"width\":711,\"height\":636},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/04\\\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Delhi court seeks NIA response on appeals by Aasiya, associates against unlawful sentence\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kashmir Media Service\",\"description\":\"Latest and Breaking News from Kashmir and India\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/883975b5acf9316fe91b838bbcb447ab\",\"name\":\"webadmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ec810018841518562f8af46d9e5fc866103bb5f2171f7d136d33db5f28ae5691?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ec810018841518562f8af46d9e5fc866103bb5f2171f7d136d33db5f28ae5691?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ec810018841518562f8af46d9e5fc866103bb5f2171f7d136d33db5f28ae5691?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"webadmin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/en\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/author\\\/webadmin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Delhi court seeks NIA response on appeals by Aasiya, associates against unlawful sentence &#062; Kashmir Media Service","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/04\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Delhi court seeks NIA response on appeals by Aasiya, associates against unlawful sentence &#062; Kashmir Media Service","og_description":"New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sought the stand of India\u2019s National Investigation Agency (NIA) on appeals filed by Kashmiri political leader Aasiya Andrabi and her two associates challenging their unlawful sentences under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). According to Kashmir Media Service, a bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Vikas &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/04\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html","og_site_name":"Kashmir Media Service","article_published_time":"2026-08-04T05:07:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":711,"height":636,"url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Asia.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"webadmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"webadmin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/04\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/04\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html"},"author":{"name":"webadmin","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#\/schema\/person\/883975b5acf9316fe91b838bbcb447ab"},"headline":"Delhi court seeks NIA response on appeals by Aasiya, associates against unlawful sentence","datePublished":"2026-08-04T05:07:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/04\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html"},"wordCount":270,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/04\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Asia.jpg","keywords":["Top Story"],"articleSection":["IIOJK in focus"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/04\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html","url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/04\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html","name":"Delhi court seeks NIA response on appeals by Aasiya, associates against unlawful sentence &#062; Kashmir Media Service","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/04\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/04\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Asia.jpg","datePublished":"2026-08-04T05:07:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#\/schema\/person\/883975b5acf9316fe91b838bbcb447ab"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/04\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/04\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/04\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Asia.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Asia.jpg","width":711,"height":636},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/04\/delhi-court-seeks-nia-response-on-appeals-by-aasiya-associates-against-unlawful-sentence.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Delhi court seeks NIA response on appeals by Aasiya, associates against unlawful sentence"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#website","url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/","name":"Kashmir Media Service","description":"Latest and Breaking News from Kashmir and India","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#\/schema\/person\/883975b5acf9316fe91b838bbcb447ab","name":"webadmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec810018841518562f8af46d9e5fc866103bb5f2171f7d136d33db5f28ae5691?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec810018841518562f8af46d9e5fc866103bb5f2171f7d136d33db5f28ae5691?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec810018841518562f8af46d9e5fc866103bb5f2171f7d136d33db5f28ae5691?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"webadmin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/en"],"url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/author\/webadmin"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Asia.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206950,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206948\/revisions\/206950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}