Tribunal to review JeI ban from Wed

SRINAGAR: The tribunal set up by centre to adjudicate if there exists sufficient cause to ban the Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir (JeI) will hold sittings at High Court Complex, Srinagar for three days starting from June 19.
The JeI was declared as unlawful associations on February 28 following which the union government had decided to set up a tribunal to review the ban.
The Tribunal is being presided over by Judge Delhi High Court Justice Chander Shekhar.
“Pursuant to the declaration of Jammat-e-Islami (JeI) as an unlawful association, the Unlawful Activities Prevention Tribunal will hold sittings at High Court Complex, Srinagar on June 19, 20 and 21, 2019,” an official handout said.
Accordingly, all those interested in giving evidence may file their affidavit (in duplicate) with Registrar Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal, Delhi High Court Building, Sher Shah Road, New Delhi and shall remain present in person on the aforementioned dates for cross-examination, if any, before the Tribunal, it said.
The Centre has set up the tribunal in April this year.
"Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by the sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), the Central Government hereby constitutes an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal consisting of Mr. Justice Chander Shekhar, High Court of Delhi, for the purpose of adjudicating whether or not there is sufficient cause of declaring the Jamaat-e-Islami-Jammu and Kashmir, as unlawful association," a notification issued in April had said.
While declaring the Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir an outlawed organisation for five years, the central government had said that it was "in close touch" with terror outfits and was expected to "escalate secessionist movement" in the state.
The centre also said it was of the opinion that the Jamaat was "in close touch with militant outfits" and was supporting extremism and militancy in Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere.
It said the outfit claimed "secession of a part of the Indian territory from the union" and was supporting terrorist and separatist groups fighting for this purpose.

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