Prayagraj:
The Allahabad Excessive Courtroom on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition searching for course to the state authorities to allow the mounting of loudspeakers on a Masjid.
The court docket noticed that the non secular locations have been for providing prayers, due to this fact using loudspeakers was not a matter of proper.
Dismissing the writ petition filed by Pilibhit-resident Mukhtiyar Ahmad, a two judge-bench, comprising Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Donadi Ramesh, noticed, “Spiritual locations are for providing prayers to the divinity and use of loudspeakers can’t be claimed as a matter of proper, notably when usually such use of loudspeakers create nuisance for the residents”.
On the outset, the state counsel objected to the maintainability of the writ on the grounds that the petitioner was neither a mutawalli, nor did the mosque belong to him.
The court docket additionally famous that the petitioner didn’t have locus to file the writ petition.
The time period ‘locus’ is a authorized idea that refers back to the proper of an individual or entity to take part in a authorized continuing or deliver a lawsuit. P
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