The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked a petitioner who filed a PIL in 2011 demanding a ban on the right -wing group Sanatan Sanstha, how his petition is worth considering. The court asked the petitioner Vijay Namdev Rokade and others to either withdraw their petition, otherwise face to be dismissed. Following the instructions, the lawyer representing the petitioners withdrew the PIL. The petition demanded the Sanatan Sanstha to be declared a terrorist organization under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), alleging that its members were involved in “hypnosis and terrorist activities”. The court had earlier directed the Union of India and the institution to file a reply on the petition.
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In 2017, the Union of India informed the court that it was not enough to conclude for the material center submitted by the state government that the activities of the institution are eligible as a terrorist organization. In its reply, the Sanatan Sanstha strongly denied the allegations and demanded a severe punishment on the petitioners. In a reply filed by Virendra Marathe, the management of the institution in Goa, it was said that the petition is based on the flight of imagination of the petitioners. On the allegations of terrorism, the institution said, “Not a single criminal case is pending against the institution.
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The affidavit on the allegations related to the blasts targeting theaters in Thane, Vashi and Panvel said that the organization’s investigation has revealed that there was no mention of Sanatan Sanstha anywhere in the charge sheet or the decision passed in those functions.