29.1.13

Vaiko moves Court on LTTE ban


The Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader, Vaiko, has moved the Madras high court opposing Central and state notifications banning the LTTE in India.
The first bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Elipe Dharma Rao and Justice Aruna Jagadeesan issued notices to the union of India and the Tamil Nadu government. While the Centre issued a notification on November 7,2012 invoking the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the Tamil Nadu government issued a gazette notification on January 4, 2013.
Since 1992, when the LTTE was first banned in India, the governments had been extending the ban periodically. On June 6,2012 the centre constituted Justice V K Jain committee and on July 17, 2012 and made the reference to the tribunal to adjudicate whether or not there was sufficient cause for declaring LTTE as unlawful association.
Vaiko, who argued the matter in person said in the petition that the activities or pro-LTTE organisation, individuals, sympathisers, who are members of the LTTE cannot be reason to declare the LTTE as an unlawful association.

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