Date:11/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/11/stories/2008111161251100.htm

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Tribunal confirms ban on LTTE

J. Venkatesan

New Delhi: The Tribunal constituted under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act upheld on Monday the ban imposed by the Centre on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on May 14 for a period of two years.

The LTTE was initially banned in India following the assassination of the former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, in May 1991. Since then it is being renewed every two years. Under the UAP Act, the Tribunal must confirm the ban within six months.

Justice Vikramajit Sen, judge of the Delhi High Court, confirmed the ban.

The May 14 notification imposing the ban had said: “The Centre was of the opinion that LTTE is an unlawful association and there is a continuing strong need to control all such separatist activities by all possible means.”