The Supreme Court on Friday overruled its 2011 judgements which had held that mere membership of a banned organisation will not incriminate a person unless he indulged in violence or incited it, saying that such unlawful association is against .
While upholding Section 10(a)(i) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967, which makes membership of an unlawful organisation an offence, the Supreme Court held that the provision is not vague.
The Centre and Assam had appealed against the ruling in the Arup Bhuyan case, following which a two-judge bench referred the matter to a larger bench in 2014.