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The Wire
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Wire
Delhi High Court Quashes Cases Against 70 Indians Accused of Housing Foreign Tablighi Jamaat Participants
Law A total of 16 FIRs were filed against 70 Indian nationals for allegedly having violated the nationwide lockdown and other prohibitory orders by housing foreign nationals for the Tablighi Jamaat during Covid-19 lockdown. New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Thursday (July 17) quashed the chargesheets in 16 cases registered against 70 Indians for allegedly sheltering foreigners who participated in the Tablighi Jamaat congregation during the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020, Bar and Bench reported. 'Chargesheets quashed,' Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said pronouncing the verdict, as quoted in the report. A detailed copy of the judgement is awaited. A total of 16 FIRs had been filed by the Delhi Police. The accused were booked under provisions of the erstwhile Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Epidemic Diseases Act, the Disaster Management Act and the Foreigners Act for allegedly having violated the nationwide lockdown and other prohibitory orders by housing foreign nationals. The Tablighi Jamaat was widely criticised for allegedly having caused one of the biggest spikes in coronavirus cases in India in 2020. The police had also named 195 foreign nationals but most of them were not charge-sheeted and the trial court had also refused to take cognisance on the chargesheet, on the grounds of double jeopardy. The accused had approached the high court in 2021 seeking to quash the FIRs against them, stating that the prohibitory orders were only for religious congregations and gatherings and not on providing shelter to the attendees. In January 2022, the Delhi Police opposed the quashing petitions, saying that the accused had not only violated prohibitory orders issued by the Delhi government but also contributed to the spread of coronavirus. Appearing for the petitioners, advocate Ashima Mandla argued that the attendees who were found inside mosques or in houses were merely being provided shelter, LiveLaw reported. The high court had earlier also quizzed the Delhi Police as to where the attendees could have gone when city suddenly imposed a lockdown. The Tablighi Jamaat congregation was held in Delhi's Nizamuddin Markaz in early March, 2020, with more than 9,000 members said to have attended the event. Prohibitory orders for gatherings, in view of the Covid-19 outbreak, was declared in the national capital on March 13. The Wire is now on WhatsApp. Follow our channel for sharp analysis and opinions on the latest developments.
Scroll.in
4 days ago
- Politics
- Scroll.in
SC refuses to lift stay on ‘Udaipur Files' release, asks Centre to review film by July 21
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to lift the stay on the release of the Hindi film Udaipur Files, which is reportedly based on the 2022 killing of Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal, Bar and Bench reported. The film was scheduled to be released on July 11. The Delhi High Court had stayed the release on June 10 and directed the Union government to examine the film's content. On Wednesday, a Supreme Court bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymala Bagchi said that it expected the Union government to take its decision ' immediately, without loss of time ', reported Live Law. The bench added that it would await the outcome of the government's review and listed the matter for further hearing on July 21. In June 2022, Lal, a tailor, was killed in Rajasthan's Udaipur for purportedly sharing a social media post in support of suspended Bharatiya Janata Party Spokesperson Nupur Sharma. She had made disparaging remarks about Prophet Muhammad during a television debate in May 2022. The assailants and several other persons accused in the matter were arrested by the Rajasthan Police. A video showed two men claiming responsibility for the killing of Lal as they brandished the cleavers used in the murder. The murder case was investigated by the National Investigation Agency and the persons accused in the matter were charged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. The trial is underway in a Special NIA Court in Jaipur. The High Court had stayed the release of Udaipur Files while hearing a batch of petitions, including one filed by Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind chief Maulana Arshad Madani, seeking a ban on the film. The petitioners had alleged that the film is communally provocative and vilifies the Muslim community A day before the order, the Supreme Court had heard a writ petition filed by Mohammed Javed, one of the eight persons accused in the murder case. Javed argued that the release of the film would violate his right to a fair trial. He had sought that the release of the film be postponed until the trial in the matter concluded. The petitioner also argued that the film, based on its trailer, appeared to be communally provocative. In response, the Supreme Court said that the petition could be mentioned before the appropriate bench when the Supreme Court reopened on July 14 after the summer break. It added that the movie could be released in the meantime.
Scroll.in
5 days ago
- Politics
- Scroll.in
Rahul Gandhi gets bail in case over allegedly defamatory remarks about Army
A court in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow on Tuesday granted bail to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in a case pertaining to his allegedly defamatory remarks about the Army during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in 2022, Bar and Bench reported. Gandhi appeared in front of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Alok Verma after the Allahabad High Court dismissed his challenge in May against the summons issued in the case. The case pertains to comments made by Gandhi on December 16, 2022, about a clash between the Indian and Chinese armies along the Line of Actual Control in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang. The two sides had confronted each other with melee weapons on December 9, 2022, leading to injuries on both sides. Gandhi was granted bail by Verma on the condition that he furnish a personal bond of Rs 20,000 along with two sureties of the same amount. The case will be heard again on August 13. The remarks made by the leader of Opposition about the violence were made during the Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra, a march from Kanyakumari to Kashmir against the allegedly divisive policies of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. A former director of the Border Roads Organisation, Uday Shankar Srivastava, filed a defamation complaint against Gandhi. His lawyer claimed that the Congress leader's statements were derogatory and defamed the Indian Army.
Mint
5 days ago
- Mint
Attending virtual court proceedings from toilet costs Gujarat man ₹1 lakh. Here's what happened
The Gujarat High Court on Monday imposed a fine of ₹ 1 lakh on a man who attended virtual proceedings from a toilet seat while relieving himself on live video streaming, reported Bar and Bench. The court also said it is considering sending the person concerned, named Samad Abdul Rehman Shah, to jail as his conduct was contumacious. "The contemnor has admitted about his conduct during the live-streaming proceedings. Thus, at this stage, we direct the contemnor to deposit ₹ 1 lakh before the registry of this court before the next date of hearing," said a Division Bench of Justices AS Supehia and RT Vachhani. The High Court also noted that despite its order, the HC Registrar (Information & Technology) has not filed a reply and no steps have been suggested about how such incidents can be stopped. The counsel appearing for the Registrar told the Division Bench that he would assist the court on the next hearing date. The case has been listed for the next hearing on July 22. In June, a video went viral on social media showing Samad attending Gujarat High Court's virtual proceedings while seated on a toilet and apparently relieving himself. The incident took place on June 20 before the bench of Justice Nirzar S. Desai. Initially in the video, a closeup of the man featured, showing Samad wearing a Bluetooth earphone. Subsequently, he was seen keeping his phone at a distance, revealing that he was seated on a toilet. The man was appearing as a respondent in a case seeking quashing of a first information report (FIR). He was the complainant in the criminal case, Bar and Bench report said citing the court records.
Mint
6 days ago
- Mint
Attending virtual court proceedings from toilet costs Gujarat man ₹1 lakh. Here's what happened
The Gujarat High Court on Monday imposed a fine of ₹ 1 lakh on a man who attended virtual proceedings from a toilet seat while relieving himself on live video streaming, reported Bar and Bench. The court also said it is considering sending the person concerned, named Samad Abdul Rehman Shah, to jail as his conduct was contumacious. "The contemnor has admitted about his conduct during the live-streaming proceedings. Thus, at this stage, we direct the contemnor to deposit ₹ 1 lakh before the registry of this court before the next date of hearing," said a Division Bench of Justices AS Supehia and RT Vachhani. The High Court also noted that despite its order, the HC Registrar (Information & Technology) has not filed a reply and no steps have been suggested about how such incidents can be stopped. The counsel appearing for the Registrar told the Division Bench that he would assist the court on the next hearing date. The case has been listed for the next hearing on July 22. In June, a video went viral on social media showing Samad attending Gujarat High Court's virtual proceedings while seated on a toilet and apparently relieving himself. The incident took place on June 20 before the bench of Justice Nirzar S. Desai. Initially in the video, a closeup of the man featured, showing Samad wearing a Bluetooth earphone. Subsequently, he was seen keeping his phone at a distance, revealing that he was seated on a toilet. The man was appearing as a respondent in a case seeking quashing of a first information report (FIR). He was the complainant in the criminal case, Bar and Bench report said citing the court records. After an amicable resolution between the parties, the Gujarat High Court quashed the FIR.
