Tablighi Jamaat

The Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Thursday held protests in different parts of the country and submitted memoranda demanding a ban on "organizations like PFI and Tablighi Jamaat"

Court voice concern over running of fake news on social media platforms and web portals, saying news shown in a section of channels bears communal tone.

Twelve members of Tablighi Jamaat, including nine Thai nationals, were acquitted for lack of evidence by a local court here on Friday, officials said. Defence counsel Milan Kumar Gupta said that a case was lodged against 12 members of the Tablighi Jamaat, including the nine Thai nationals, two persons from Tamil Nadu, and one local. They were arrested last year from a mosque in Shahjahanpur allegedly for violation of pandemic guidelines. A case was registered against them at Sadar police station in Shahjahanpur under various sections of the IPC, Epidemic Act, Disaster Management Act, Foreigners Act and Passport Act. The hearing of the case was held in Bareilly. Gupta said during the hearing of the case, the members of the Tablighi Jamaat pleaded innocence. A spate of cases was registered against members of Tablighi Jamaat after it held a meeting at a markaz in Nizamuddin area in Delhi last March. The meeting was attended by people from different countries including Indonesia and

The apex court stressed upon the need for "fair and truthful" reporting and said that problem arises when it is used to agitate others

The Supreme Court asked the trial courts to expedite hearing in the pending cases against foreign Tablighi Jamaat members for alleged visa violations

The Supreme Court Thursday said freedom of speech and expression is the most abused right in recent times

The Supreme Court allowed consolidation of multiple FIRs lodged in Uttar Pradesh against foreign nationals in connection with the Tablighi Jamaat activities

The magistrate court while passed order on framing charges, said the statements of the witnesses, especially the health officials prima facie, showed that there was no social distancing being followed

It directed Patna High Court to decide the issue within a period of one week of transferring all cases to one Court

16 Tablighi Jamaat members are foreign nationals and were allegedly hiding in Prayagraj during Covid-19 lockdown

A bench comprising justices A M Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna asked the state government to respond to the plea and posted the matter for hearing on Monday

While framing charges against 36 foreigners, the court said the statements of the witnesses, especially the health officials prima facie, showed that there was no social distancing being followed

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay HC has said that the foreign nationals, who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event held in Delhi in March this year, were made "scapegoats"

The police informed the Delhi High Court on Monday that it has no objection to quashing of the separate FIRs against various foreigners, who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event here

The bench was informed that 10 petitioners before the top court have decided to contest the criminal cases

The Delhi High Court sought response of the Centre and the police on two separate pleas by 23 foreigners seeking quashing of FIRs against them for attending the Tablighi Jamaat event

The police filed six charge sheets in various courts indicting 69 foreign nationals from nine countries for attending Tablighi Jamaat congregation in New Delhi

At least 70 foreign Tablighi Jamaat members were ordered to be deported on payment of fine by a Delhi court after they accepted mild charges related to various violations during the COVID-19 lockdown

The Supreme Court on Monday asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta what can be done to expedite the trials against the foreign nationals

The court directed the foreigners to deposit their fines at the PM CARES Fund since the foreigners have been found guilty of violating government orders