Any prohibition on housing foreigners on valid visa? HC

New Delhi, Dec. 6: The Delhi high court Monday sought to know from the Delhi Police whether there was any prohibition on Indian nationals from housing attendees of last year’s Tablighi Jamaat congregation who entered the country on valid visas at a time when there were no Covid-19 related restrictions.

Justice Mukta Gupta, who was hearing a batch of petitions to quash the FIRs registered against the hosts, said she would pass appropriate orders after the material is placed before the court.

The court is hearing pleas for quashing of FIRs by individuals who provided refuge to foreigners who had attended the event and could not travel owing to the subsequent lockdown due to the outbreak of Covid-19, others are by persons like managing committee members or caretakers of different mosques who provide housing facilities to the foreign nationals in masjids.