08-05-2008, 07:52 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>SIMI ban lifted </b>
Pioneer.com
Sidharth Mishra/ Parvaiz Sultan | New Delhi | New Delhi
Non-serious Home Ministry fails to produce evidence
In a major loss of face for the Centre, the ban on the Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), first imposed in 2001, has been quashed by a single-judge tribunal, which was reviewing the case. The order, delivered to the Ministry of Home Affairs in a sealed cover, has blamed the Government for its failure to put on record any fresh evidence of the involvement of the dreaded organisation in terror activities.
According to sources, as the Centre and Intelligence Bureau (IB) could "not place fresh evidence pertaining to the involvement of SIMI in unlawful and destructive activities in the country", the Unlawful Activities Prevention Tribunal (UAPT) on Tuesday lifted the ban imposed on SIMI by the Centre. According to sources, Justice Geeta Mittal forwarded the judgment to the Home Ministry.
<b>The order comes as a major embarrassment for the Congress-led UPA Government, which is battling the charges of soft-pedalling terror issues, including keeping in abeyance the hanging of Parliament attack main accused Mohammed Afzal Guru.</b> The order flies in the face of the charges levelled by Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil that terror attacks in BJP-ruled States happened because of weak local policing.
Rattled by the development, the Home Ministry said it would challenge the order. According to an agency report, a Ministry spokesperson said, <b>"The Ministry will examine the order in detail and take remedial action on priority. A preliminary perusal of the tribunal's order indicates that it has not confirmed the ban on SIMI on technical grounds."</b>
The order comprehensively exposes the poor follow-up of the Centre and the counter-terror agencies functioning directly under the aegis of the MHA. According to sources, State Governments on their part have made comprehensive presentation on the terror bodies' involvement in various subversive activities. The Andhra Pradesh police, for example, is reported to have presented irrefutable links of SIMI in Hyderabad blasts.
Links of SIMI in Mumbai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Varanasi, Lucknow and Malegon have already surfaced. This organisation has come to be regarded as the fountainhead of home-grown terrorism. "However, the State inputs could not get corroborated by the Centre and MHA agencies," a well-placed source told The Pioneer.
That Centre had adopted a lacklustre attitude towards the issue was evident the way presentation was made by its officials during tribunal hearings. Not satisfied with the Centre's submission, the tribunal had asked Additional Solicitor General (ASG) AK Pathak if the Government had proof against the banned outfit? "It is the fundamental right of a person that he must know by which action of his, such strong action has been taken against him?
You are saying that SIMI was involved in communal riots, bomb blasts and destructive activities. Tell me, which riots after February 2006 were engineered by SIMI and place the material before me," Justice Mittal said.
The Centre's presentation was so poor that the tribunal had commented: "You can't presume. You have registered 106 fresh cases. But there is no mention of the FIR details. Some of the cases are registered in Bhopal, some in Jaipur, others in Malegaon and Ghatkopar, but there is no mention of the FIR numbers.
What is the requirement of law? What is to be tested? It has serious impact." The tribunal further grilled the Additional Solicitor General while expressing displeasure on the MHA's "casual approach". Justice Mittal also stated that if the Centre was claiming SIMI's involvement in these activities, the onus was on the Government to place the proof on record.
Justice Mittal had asked the Home Secretary and IB officials to appear before the tribunal to justify the ban. "What precluded the Government from stating the facts? You have to satisfy the tribunal about the sufficiency of the reason behind issuing a fresh notification (on the ban)," Justice Mittal had obeserved. The tribunal had reserved its judgment on August 1 after being briefed by the Home Ministry and IB officials.
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So it was well planned nonsense by IPS, Babus, Congress politicians.
They should hang themselves in shame near Amar Jawan Jyoti, near there office.
Pioneer.com
Sidharth Mishra/ Parvaiz Sultan | New Delhi | New Delhi
Non-serious Home Ministry fails to produce evidence
In a major loss of face for the Centre, the ban on the Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), first imposed in 2001, has been quashed by a single-judge tribunal, which was reviewing the case. The order, delivered to the Ministry of Home Affairs in a sealed cover, has blamed the Government for its failure to put on record any fresh evidence of the involvement of the dreaded organisation in terror activities.
According to sources, as the Centre and Intelligence Bureau (IB) could "not place fresh evidence pertaining to the involvement of SIMI in unlawful and destructive activities in the country", the Unlawful Activities Prevention Tribunal (UAPT) on Tuesday lifted the ban imposed on SIMI by the Centre. According to sources, Justice Geeta Mittal forwarded the judgment to the Home Ministry.
<b>The order comes as a major embarrassment for the Congress-led UPA Government, which is battling the charges of soft-pedalling terror issues, including keeping in abeyance the hanging of Parliament attack main accused Mohammed Afzal Guru.</b> The order flies in the face of the charges levelled by Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil that terror attacks in BJP-ruled States happened because of weak local policing.
Rattled by the development, the Home Ministry said it would challenge the order. According to an agency report, a Ministry spokesperson said, <b>"The Ministry will examine the order in detail and take remedial action on priority. A preliminary perusal of the tribunal's order indicates that it has not confirmed the ban on SIMI on technical grounds."</b>
The order comprehensively exposes the poor follow-up of the Centre and the counter-terror agencies functioning directly under the aegis of the MHA. According to sources, State Governments on their part have made comprehensive presentation on the terror bodies' involvement in various subversive activities. The Andhra Pradesh police, for example, is reported to have presented irrefutable links of SIMI in Hyderabad blasts.
Links of SIMI in Mumbai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Varanasi, Lucknow and Malegon have already surfaced. This organisation has come to be regarded as the fountainhead of home-grown terrorism. "However, the State inputs could not get corroborated by the Centre and MHA agencies," a well-placed source told The Pioneer.
That Centre had adopted a lacklustre attitude towards the issue was evident the way presentation was made by its officials during tribunal hearings. Not satisfied with the Centre's submission, the tribunal had asked Additional Solicitor General (ASG) AK Pathak if the Government had proof against the banned outfit? "It is the fundamental right of a person that he must know by which action of his, such strong action has been taken against him?
You are saying that SIMI was involved in communal riots, bomb blasts and destructive activities. Tell me, which riots after February 2006 were engineered by SIMI and place the material before me," Justice Mittal said.
The Centre's presentation was so poor that the tribunal had commented: "You can't presume. You have registered 106 fresh cases. But there is no mention of the FIR details. Some of the cases are registered in Bhopal, some in Jaipur, others in Malegaon and Ghatkopar, but there is no mention of the FIR numbers.
What is the requirement of law? What is to be tested? It has serious impact." The tribunal further grilled the Additional Solicitor General while expressing displeasure on the MHA's "casual approach". Justice Mittal also stated that if the Centre was claiming SIMI's involvement in these activities, the onus was on the Government to place the proof on record.
Justice Mittal had asked the Home Secretary and IB officials to appear before the tribunal to justify the ban. "What precluded the Government from stating the facts? You have to satisfy the tribunal about the sufficiency of the reason behind issuing a fresh notification (on the ban)," Justice Mittal had obeserved. The tribunal had reserved its judgment on August 1 after being briefed by the Home Ministry and IB officials.
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So it was well planned nonsense by IPS, Babus, Congress politicians.
They should hang themselves in shame near Amar Jawan Jyoti, near there office.