CONTEXT:

• The Centre set up a tribunal for adjudicating whether or not there is sufficient reason to continue the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
• A tribunal has been set up by the Government of India under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967) for the purpose of adjudicating whether or not there is sufficient cause for declaring the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as an unlawful association.
• The Tribunal constituted by GoI is comprised of a sitting Judge of Delhi High Court (HC) Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal.

BACKGROUND:

• LTTE has been banned in India since 1991, after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi by its member.
• In early May 2019, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued a notification about extending a ban on LTTE in India for a further period of five years.
• As per the notification GoI under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967 declared LTTE as an unlawful association.