Allahabad HC says loudspeaker at mosque not a elementary proper

Express News Service

LUCKNOW:  Amid the continuing controversy over using loudspeakers and sound amplifiers at locations of worship throughout the nation, the Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition looking for permission for utilizing loudspeakers from the premises of a mosque to play Azaan (Islamic name for prayer), observing that use of loudspeakers in mosques for Azaan was not a elementary proper.

The Allahabad High Court rejected the petition filed by one Irfan on May 4. He was represented within the court docket by advocate Sachin Kumar Sharma. The petitioner, a resident of Baduan district, had filed an utility on August 20 final yr looking for permission to play Azaan on loudspeaker from Noori Masjid. The stated mosque is positioned in Dhoranpur village in Bisauli tehsil of Budaun district.

After his petition was rejected by the district court docket of Badaun on December 3, 2021, Irfan had moved the Allahabad High Court. The matter got here up for listening to earlier than a division bench comprising Justices Vivek Kumar Birla and Vikas Bhudhwar.

During the listening to, the plaintiff termed the rejection of plea looking for permission to play Azaan on the loudspeaker as ‘illegal’ and “violative” of his elementary rights. After listening to the arguments, the excessive court docket bench noticed:  “The law has now been settled that use of loudspeaker from the mosque is not a fundamental right. Accordingly, we find that the present petition is patently misconceived, hence the same is dismissed.”

In May 2020 the Allahabad High Court had held that whereas reciting Azaan by a Muezzin from a Masjid was integral to Islam, using sound amplifiers, corresponding to loudspeakers, didn’t represent important apply.

Intensified drive by Yogi govt
In compliance of an earlier order of the HC, the UP authorities has acquired 67,128 loudspeakers faraway from locations of worship and quantity of 57,352 amplifiers lowered  throughout the state as on Friday