New Delhi, Mar 14 (KNS): The Centre has constituted a Tribunal comprising a Delhi high court judge to adjudicate whether or not there is sufficient cause for declaring the Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu and Kashmir as an unlawful association.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued a notification in this regard on Wednesday.
"Jamaat-e-Islami has been declared as an unlawful association, vide notification dated February 27, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5 read with sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), the Central Government hereby constitutes the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal consisting of Justice Navin Chawla, Judge, High Court of Delhi, for the purpose of adjudicating whether or not there is sufficient cause for declaring it as unlawful association," reads the notification.
On February 27 this year, the Centre extended ban on Jamaat-e-Islami for another five years. JeI was earlier banned on February 28, 2019. (KNS)