Sri Lankan's plea in Chennai airport blast case dismissed

The Madras high court on Thursday dismissed a petition from a 50-year-old Sri Lankan national, who was an accused in the Chennai airport bomb blast case in 1984, seeking the removal of adverse remarks in the records of the Chennai airport and the High Commission of India in Sri Lanka and the lookout circular (LOC) issued against him in India.
“Considering that the petitioner is a foreigner, his right, if any, is subject to restrictions imposed by the central government,” said Justice K. Chandru, who dismissed the petition filed by N. Saravanapavan, a student of the Madras Medical College since 1988.
“The prayer of the petitioner to withdraw the LOC could not be countenanced, especially in the context of the stand taken by the government that it is in the nature of surveillance done by it over a foreigner,” said the judge. The fundamental rights of citizens of India to move freely throughout the country could be restricted by reasonable restrictions.
13/07/12 The Nation

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