Tribunal declares ban on SIMI valid

New Delhi, Aug 7: The Tribunal, constituted to examine the ban imposed by the Centre on Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), today held it ''legal and valid'', according to counsel for SIMI Mobin Akhtar.

''Justice B N Chaturvedi did not pronounce the report in the open court as we had wanted. I was called in his chamber along with the Government's counsel Siddhartha Mridul and was told that the Government's decision to ban SIMI was valid and legal,'' Mr Akhtar said.

He also said that the report would be sent to the Home Ministry today, he added.

Banned on February 8 this year, the SIMI had moved the Tribunal, constituted under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, to challenge the ban and lift it within six months which ends today.

UNI

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