New Delhi. After the war that broke out in the country regarding CAA-NRC and Hijab, now the issue of loudspeakers is hot at this time. However, now the rules have also come into force regarding this. The Supreme Court’s guidelines are that loudspeakers should not be used from 10 pm to 6 am. However, it can be used in closed places like auditorium, conference hall, community and banquet hall. In Uttar Pradesh, loudspeakers have been removed from more than 54 thousand mosques. At the same time, the sound of 60 thousand loudspeakers has been reduced. However, even after this decision of the court, some people are not ready to accept it. Now the Allahabad High Court has made a strong comment on this matter.
Let me tell you, a person named Irfan had filed a petition in which he had demanded to install loudspeakers in the mosque. In the petition, the person had challenged the order of Bisauli SDM of Badaun district on December 3, 2021, in which the SDM had refused permission to install loudspeakers in Noori Masjid of Dhoranpur village for Azaan. In the petition, Irfan had called the order of the SDM completely illegal and said that this order violates the fundamental and legal rights.
While hearing this petition, the court, while making strict remarks, also dismissed the petition filed for the demand to install loudspeakers in the mosque. The court said that installing loudspeakers in the mosque is not a fundamental right. The law has been propounded regarding this that the use of loudspeakers in mosques is not a constitutional right. As such, the petition has no meaning.
Is this the Supreme Court’s guidelines?
The Supreme Court’s guidelines regarding loudspeakers are that loudspeakers should not be used from 10 pm to 6 am. However, it can be used unhindered in closed places like auditoriums, conference halls, community and banquet halls. In Uttar Pradesh, the campaign regarding loudspeakers is in full swing. So far, loudspeakers have been removed from more than 54 thousand mosques and the sound of 60 thousand loudspeakers has been reduced. By the way, there is a provision in the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000 regarding the use of loudspeakers in the Constitution.