Congregation in Delhi: Gujarat High Court Issues Notice to State, Centre
Congregation in Delhi: Gujarat High Court Issues Notice to State, Centre
The court passed the order, seeking replies by April 3, while hearing a suo motu Public Interest Litigation about the coronavirus pandemic. Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday asked the government to furnish details of those who arrived in the state after attending a congregation of Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi, and inform about the steps taken to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection due to them. The congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area last month has turned out to be a hotspot of coronavirus. A division bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Ashutosh Shastri also directed the central and state governments to inform what corrective or punitive measures were being taken, or can be taken, if the participants in the congregation in New Delhi were found to have traveled to India and within the country in violation of VISA rules. Many of the participants of the congregation had come from countries such as Indonesia. The court passed the order, seeking replies by April 3, while hearing a ‘suo motu’ Public Interest Litigation about coronavirus pandemic.