The Centre today submitted before the Supreme Court that individual orders for cancellation of visa of Foreign nationals associated with Tablighi Jamat were passed by the Central Government.

The bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Sanjiv Khanna was hearing a petition challenging the blacklisting of foreign Nationals by the Ministry of Home Affairs for their alleged association with Tablighi Jamat.

While the Solicitor General informed the bench the bench that individual orders for blacklisting had been issued, Senior Counsel Salman Khurshid appearing for the Petitioners submitted that they would challenge the order in the High Court on a case to case basis.

Advocate CU Singh on the other hand submitted that when the foreign nationals want to go back to their nations they are not being allowed to go. Moreover Blacklisting is done when one tries to enter India.

However, the bench said that deportation can be done if there is a criminal case pending.

SG Mehta requested the bench to adjourn the matter since blacklisting was sovereign function and it was not known whether the petitioners represented all the foreign nationals are blacklisted.

The bench has now listed the matter for next hearing on July 10.