[Tablighi Jamaat] Madras High Court grants bail to 31 foreigners; consciously refrains from "collectively thingifying them as 'Tablighis'"

"Categorisation can have serious pitfalls. Justicing has to be an individualised exercise" the Court said while choosing to view the petitioners as 31 individuals instead of "collectively thingifying them as 'Tablighis'"
Justice GR Swaminathan (L), Madurai Bench of Madras High Court (R)
Justice GR Swaminathan (L), Madurai Bench of Madras High Court (R)
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The Madras High Court last week granted bail to 31 foreigners who took part in the March 2020 Tablighi Jamaat convention, while making a conscious decision to refrain from "collectively thingifying them as 'Tablighis'", noting that such categorisation of persons can have serious pitfalls.

The 31 petitioners before the Court were arrested in April for having participated in the religious convention in defiance of lockdown regulations issued in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic (Md Kameual Islam and ors. v. The State and ors.).

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