Guj HC seeks state govt reply on plea in opposition to use of loudspeakers by mosques
By PTI
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court has sought the state authorities’s reply on a public curiosity litigation (PIL) searching for a ban on the usage of loudspeakers for reciting ‘azaan’ (name to prayer) in mosques.
A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A J Desai and Justice Biren Vaishnav on Monday allowed Shaktisinh Zala, a Bajrang Dal chief, to affix the PIL after the unique petitioner Dharmendra Prajapati sought to withdraw it citing threats.
Zala’s lawyer urged the court docket to permit him to affix the litigation within the absence of the unique petitioner. The court docket listed the matter on April 12 whereas directing the federal government to file a reply.
The PIL has sought a ban on the usage of loudspeakers for ‘azaan’ at mosques in Gujarat claiming that they add to noise air pollution and violate the basic rights of residents.
The petitioner mentioned a muezzin at a mosque in his neighbourhood makes use of a loudspeaker to recite ‘azaan’ 5 occasions a day, inflicting “great inconvenience”.
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court has sought the state authorities’s reply on a public curiosity litigation (PIL) searching for a ban on the usage of loudspeakers for reciting ‘azaan’ (name to prayer) in mosques.
A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A J Desai and Justice Biren Vaishnav on Monday allowed Shaktisinh Zala, a Bajrang Dal chief, to affix the PIL after the unique petitioner Dharmendra Prajapati sought to withdraw it citing threats.
Zala’s lawyer urged the court docket to permit him to affix the litigation within the absence of the unique petitioner. The court docket listed the matter on April 12 whereas directing the federal government to file a reply.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The PIL has sought a ban on the usage of loudspeakers for ‘azaan’ at mosques in Gujarat claiming that they add to noise air pollution and violate the basic rights of residents.
The petitioner mentioned a muezzin at a mosque in his neighbourhood makes use of a loudspeaker to recite ‘azaan’ 5 occasions a day, inflicting “great inconvenience”.