SANGITA DHINGRA SEHGAL TRIBUNAL

May 28, 2019

The Government of India has constituted a Tribunal for adjudicating ban on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

About: 

  • Mandate: The Government of India has constituted the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal to adjudicate whether or not there is sufficient cause for declaring the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as an unlawful association.  

  • Composition: The Tribunal is comprised of sitting Judge of Delhi High Court Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal. 

Background: 

  • Earlier, the Home Ministry had issued a  notification extending ban on  LTTE in India for a further period of five years. The notification said, Government of India under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 declares LTTE as an unlawful association. 

  • LTTE was banned in India after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.