A Tribunal has upheld the Centre's decision to extend the ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). The Tribunal headed by a Delhi High Court judge Justice Sanjiv Khanna passed the order after hearing extensive arguments from the government and the SIMI counsel.The order passed by the Tribunal has been sent to the Home Ministry.SIMI was outlawed for the first time in September 2001 for its involvement in terrorist acts and the ban was extended in 2003 and 2006. In its notification, the Home Ministry had declared SIMI as an unlawful association indulging in activities prejudicial to the security of the country and has potential of disturbing peace and communal harmony and disrupting the secular fabric of the country.