Indian Court denies permission for pro-LTTE rally

The Madras High Court has dismissed a writ petition by pro-LTTE People’s Rights Federation seeking permission to hold a conference at Tirunelveli today.

Justice K Mohanram, dismissing petition filed by the convenor of the federation P Nedumaran, said it was not possible to entertain the petition as the Tirunelveli Police Commissioner was yet to dispose of an application made by the petitioner, seeking permission to hold “Tamizhar Urimai Manadu’(Tamils’ Rights Conference).

The petitioner was however, at liberty to approach the court if the permission was denied, the judge said.

The federation had decided to convene two conferences, one at Cuddalore on Feb 2 and another at Tirunelveli. The permission for Cuddalore conference was rejected by the Deputy Superintendent of Police on the ground that the platform could be used to support the banned outfit.

The objective of the conference was to urge the Tamil Nadu government to fulfil its promise of supplying food and medicines to Sri Lankan Tamils and to prevail upon the Centre not to provide arms and ammunition to the Sri Lankan army. Chennai Online