The Supreme Court has answered yes to this question.Overturning its 2011 verdict, the Supreme Court has said that being a member of a banned organization can be the basis of proceedings under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.In 2011, the Supreme Court held in Arup v. Assam Indra Das v. Assam and Kerala v.Ranip that Mere membership of a banned organization is not sufficient to constitute an offense under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or the Terrorism and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act.unless the member of the banned organization is directly involved in any violent act. ... After the decision in 2011, the central government filed a petition in the Supreme Court saying that The provisions of law have been interpreted without listening to the arguments of the government, which has made it difficult to deal with cases related to terrorism. While hearing the petition, a division bench of Justice M..R Shah, Justice C.T. Ravi Kumar and Justice Sanjay Kaul said thatThe 2011 judgment was given on a bail plea in which no question was raised as to the constitutionality of the law.The bench has also upheld Section 10(a) 1 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in its decision. which enables action against him for being a member of a banned organization.
