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Delhi HC quashes charges against 70 people in 2020 Tablighi Jamaat case

A detailed verdict is awaited.
Updated on Jul 17, 2025 06:33 pm IST

Delhi high court reserves verdict on pleas in 2020 Tablighi shelter case

The 195 foreign nationals who were housed by these Indian nationals were also named in the FIR. (Pic used for representation)
Published on Apr 22, 2025 12:51 pm IST

Killers of Amravati pharmacist were radicalised members of Tablighi Jamaat: NIA

NIA: Killers of Amravati pharmacist were radicalised members of Tablighi Jamaat
Updated on Dec 20, 2022 07:32 am IST

Two years after Markaz sealing, little headway in case against Maulana Saad

Between March 31 and April 3, 2020, the police and state government evacuated around 2,500 attendees from the Markaz complex, of whom at least 400 later tested positive for Covid-19. (HT Archive)
Updated on Mar 18, 2022 04:53 am IST

Delhi HC allows mosque in Nizamuddin markaz to reopen for Shab-e-Baraat

This year, the Delhi Waqf Board again moved an application seeking the reopening of the entire masjid complex for Shab-e-Baraat and the holy month of Ramzan. (HT Archive)
Updated on Mar 17, 2022 06:17 am IST

Delhi HC allows reopening of 4 floors of Nizamuddin Markaz, no cap on attendees

On April 15, 2021, the court had allowed 50 people to offer namaz five times a day at the Nizamuddin Markaz during Ramzan.
Updated on Mar 16, 2022 07:25 pm IST

VHP demands complete ban on Tablighi Jamaat, crackdown on Darul Uloom Deoband

The religious affairs ministry of Saudi Arabia had recently dubbed the Tablighi Jamaat as a gateway of terrorism and banned it.
Published on Dec 16, 2021 06:47 pm IST

BJP leader welcomes Saudi Arabia's 'gates of terrorism' order on Tablighi Jamaat

Tablighi Jamaat is a transnational Sunni Islamic missionary movement that focuses on encouraging Muslims to follow the pure form of Sunni Islam.
Published on Dec 12, 2021 08:05 pm IST

'One of the gates of terrorism': Saudi Arabia bans Tablighi Jamaat

The Saudi government also asked mosques to inform people about the danger that Tablighi Jamaat poses to society.
Updated on Dec 14, 2021 04:30 am IST

50 can pray in Nizamuddin Markaz during Shab-e-Barat, Centre tells HC

**EDS: STANDALONE PACKAGE: ONE YEAR OF LOCKDOWN** New Delhi: A health worker sanitises an area near Nizamuddin mosque, after people who attended the religious congregation at Tabligh-e-Jamaat's Markaz, tested postive for COVID-19, in New Delhi, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. A look at some of the impactful photos shot by PTI photographers, on one year since the nationwide lockdown was announced, on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)(PTI03_23_2021_000343B)
Published on Mar 25, 2021 01:41 am IST

‘Are farmers protected against Covid?’: SC asks Centre, cites Tablighi event

An old farmer sitting during an ongoing protest against the new farm laws, at the Singhu border in New Delhi on Thursday. (ANI Photo)
Updated on Jan 07, 2021 06:32 pm IST

Tablighi Jamaat: Patna high court quashes case against 18 foreigners

The Patna high court further said that the allegations in this case of not reporting their stay to the local police station is “misconceived”.
Published on Dec 24, 2020 05:32 pm IST

Tablighi Jamaat: Supreme Court asks Centre to help 36 foreigners return home

Solicitor general Tushar Mehta assured the bench that in case any foreign national who has been exonerated has any difficulty in travelling back, their lawyers may get in touch with his office for assistance.
Updated on Dec 21, 2020 05:24 am IST

Delhi HC dismisses plea to transfer Tablighi leader case from police to NIA

A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh dismissed the petition after the petitioner sought to withdraw it with liberty to approach the Supreme Court.
Published on Dec 11, 2020 02:07 pm IST

Court rejects police’s plea against relief for Jamaatis

The court said the evidence collected during the investigation is wholly insufficient to frame the charge against the foreign nationals.
Updated on Nov 20, 2020 07:24 am IST

Inform us about mechanism to deal with fake news: Supreme Court

The court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind and other parties, who objected to the reporting by certain television news channels and news portals on the Tablighi Jamaat event in March.
Updated on Nov 18, 2020 07:10 am IST

Thousands to attend Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Karachi despite uptick in Covid-19 cases

People who took part in a Tablighi Jamaat function earlier in March being checked by a health team before being taken by bus to a quarantine facility amid concerns of infection on March 31, 2020.
Published on Nov 05, 2020 09:43 pm IST

Covid-19: Court acquits 20 foreign attendees of Tablighi event

Paramilitary personnel seen at the cordoned off entry route to the Tablighi Jamaat's Alami Markaz Banglewali Masjid building on day twenty of the 21-day nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Nizamuddin, New Delhi.
Published on Oct 20, 2020 04:49 pm IST

Mumbai court acquits 20 foreign Tablighi Jamaat members, says prosecution had no evidence

The 20 foreign Tablighi Jamaat members were booked for not disclosing that they had attended a religious gathering of the organisation at Nizamuddin in New Delhi.
Updated on Oct 20, 2020 11:51 am IST

Bihar court fines 9 Bangladesh nationals for violating lockdown provisions

Law enforcement authorities had accused several Tablighi Jamaat attendees including foreign nationals of violating the law of the land.
Updated on Oct 17, 2020 04:10 pm IST

Senior Delhi cop to help foreign attendees of Tablighi event return home

On August 6, the apex court had directed that all trials against these foreign nationals in the Capital be consolidated at the Saket district courts.
Updated on Oct 16, 2020 04:14 am IST

Supreme Court pulls up Centre for ‘evasive’, ‘nonsensical’ Tablighi affidavit

An affidavit filed by the Centre in response to a petition seeking action against television channels for allegedly disseminating fake news about the Tablighi Jamaat , and communalising a congregation organised by the Islamic missionary group, is “evasive” and contains “nonsensical” arguments, the Supreme Court observed on Thursday.
Updated on Oct 09, 2020 04:42 am IST

Freedom of speech is most abused, says SC on ‘fake news’ on Tablighi Jamaat

The Tablighi Jamaat was criticised for holding a markaz at their Nizamuddin headquarters despite restrictions in place due to coronavirus outbreak.
Updated on Oct 08, 2020 03:41 pm IST

Mumbai court discharges 12 Indonesians arrested over Tablighi Jamaat event

Paramilitary personnel at the cordoned off entry route to Tablighi Jamaat's Alami Markaz Banglewali Masjid building in New Delhi, in April.
Updated on Sept 29, 2020 04:26 pm IST

‘Tablighi event led to Covid spread among many’: Govt to Parliament

The ministry also said that as many 2,361 persons of Tablighi Jamaat were evacuated by the Delhi Police on March 29 and 233 persons were arrested. (HT Photo)
Updated on Sept 21, 2020 06:27 pm IST

Nizamuddin dargah to reopen on Sunday

The area around the shrine was one of the first containment zones after the nearby Tablighi Jamaat headquarters emerged as a Covid-19 hot spot in March.
Updated on Sept 05, 2020 06:02 pm IST

Bombay HC judge disagrees with CAA comments in judgment quashing FIR against Tablighi Jamaat members

Protesters hold placards against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act outside Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, in December.
Updated on Aug 29, 2020 04:03 pm IST