D. Murugesan, J.

1. The petitioner Tmt. S. Sasikala Sampath is the wife of the detenu Thiru Naanchil Sampath, who has been detained under Section 3(2) of the National Security Act, 1980 by the detention order dated 13. 2009 passed by the District Magistrate and District Collector, Tirupur District.

2. The detention order came to be passed under the following circumstances. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is an unlawful association under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1976 and banned by the Government of India and republished in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary ordered vide G.O.Ms.No.606, Public (SC) Department dated 16.05.2008. The said LTTE continues to remain a strong terrorist movement and stimulate the secessionist sentiments to enhance the support base of the LTTE in Tamil Nadu as long as Srilanka continues to remain in a state of ethnic strife born by the demand for Tamil Eelam which finds a strong echo in Tamil Nadu due to the linguistic, cultural, ethnic and historical affinity between the Srilankan Tamils and the Indian Tamils.

3. On 3. 2009, at about 2.00 p.m., the detenu delivered a speech at Harvey Kumarasamy Kalyana Mandap