Supreme Court to hear plea by 34 foreign nationals challenging MHA order blacklisting them due to Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 scare

The plea states that by a press release dated April 2, the government had blacklisted 960 foreign nationals in India and further on June 4, another 2,500 were blacklisted.

Tablighi Jamaat

Debayan Roy

A two judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari is set to hear a batch of petitions by 34 individuals from 34 different countries challenging the Ministry of Home Affairs order blacklisting over 2,500 foreign nationals presently in India for a period of 10 years from travelling to India for their alleged involvement in Tablighi Jamat activities (Malana Ala Hadrami and ors. v. UOi and anr).